3. Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed, and the following section substituted therefor:-
6. The functions of the Bureau shall be-
| | (a) to collect and collate, trade, credit and financial information on borrowers and prospective borrowers of lending institutions; | | |
| | (b) to provide credit information, on request, to lending institutions who are shareholders of the Bureau and simultaneously to borrowers and prospective borrowers to whom such information relate ; | | |
| | (c) to establish a credit rating system In Sri Lanka, to undertake credit rating and to sell such credit ratings to any foreign and local agencies, or to any person making a request for such ratings; and | | |
| | (d) to undertake research projects for lending institutions who are shareholders of the Bureau, | | |
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| with a view to facilitating the distribution of credit to all sectors of the economy and to the informal sector, in |