3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be-
| (a) to promote and engage in the implementation of community welfare, cultural and social development projects in Sri Lanka ; |
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| (b) to undertake, she execution of road development and housing schemes, the construction and improvement of hospital, educational centres, schools, community centres and such other works and activities as may contribute to the development of Sri Lanka ; |
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| (c) to afford children in indigent circumstances an opportunity to prepare for, to enter upon, or to be engaged in a trade, occupation or services and to provide them with outfits, instruction fees or other amenities; |
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| (d) to provide bursaries, scholarships, prizes, donations, financial aid and assistance in other forms for the advancement, disemination and propagation of education and knowledge, and for the establishment of schools, libraries and cultural centres ; |
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| (e) to engage in any industry or trade or in any export or import business and to aid and assist persons to commence and operate agricultural, industrial and commercial ventures and particularly such industries as fisheries, the export of fibre, white fibre and fibre products and to undertake training programmes, and extension services and to organise propaganda activities, relating to the transfer of technology ; |
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| (f) to collaborate or participate with any other institution or organisation, whether foreign or local, having objects .similar to those of the Corporation ; |
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| (g) to sponsor and conduct conferences, seminars, workshops, group studies and lectures in Sri Lanka and elsewhere in furtherance of the objects of the Corporation ; |
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| (h) to print, publish and distribute books, journals, leaflets, newspapers and magazines which the Corporation may consider desirable for the promotion and advancement of its objects ; and |
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| (i)to do such other acts and things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the accomplishment of all or any of the objects of the Corporation. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts