3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be:
| (a) to collect funds for and the establishment and management of orphanages for Muslims in Ceylon; |
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| (b) to collect funds for and the establishment and management of industrial homes or centres in Ceylon to provide employment facilities and training to poor and destitute Muslim women and young girls; |
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| (c) to promote the spiritual, intellectual, social and physical welfare of the members of the Union, as enjoined by Islam, and the encouragement of its practical observance; |
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| (d) to make provision for the giving of poor Muslim girls in marriage; and |
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| (e) to provide facilities for the relief of poverty, distress, sickness, unemployment and illiteracy among, generally to ameliorate the social and economic conditions, and to promote the religious and cultural welfare of, Muslim women in Ceylon. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts