2. Section 3 of Lanka Jatika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya (Incorporation) Act, No. 16 of 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment") is hereby amended as follows :"
| (a) by the renumbering of subsection (9) of that section as subsection (15) thereof ; |
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| (b) by the repeal of subsection (10) of that section ; |
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| (c) by insertion, immediately after subsection (8) of that section of the following new subsections:
| | "(9) to promote, organise and engage in, economic and financial activities and to carry on such activities, both within and outside Sri Lanka, for the purpose of creating employment and financing the welfare programmes, projects, and activities of the Association ; | | |
| | (10) to promote the establishment of legally recognized community organisations to undertake spiritual, moral, social, educational, economic and financial activities for the development of communities in accordance with the Sarvodaya Philosophy; and to assist such organisations to carry out their development, work, by providing them with training, management services and financial assistance ; | | |
| | (11) to establish such legal entities as may be necessary to manage the various programmes and projects of the Association, to frame rules governing the conduct of such entities, and to delegate to such entities such administrative powers and financial authority as may be necessary ; | | |
| | (12) to enter into arrangements for sharing profits, union of interest, co-operation, joint venture, reciprocal concession or otherwise, with any person, company or business undertaking carrying on, or engaged in, any business or transaction which the Association wishes to carry on or engage in ; | | |
| | (13) to promote peace among the different ethnic groups in Sri Lanka through direct action, participation in non-violent interventions, and indirect participation in such activities as peace marches, peace conferences, peace education programmes, peace camps or other activities, by the establishment of Sarvodaya Non-violent People's Peace Organization ; | | |
| | (14) to strike for the promotion of universal respect for the observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms ; and by progressive measures, both national and international, to secure their universal recognition and observance ;" and | | |
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| (d) in the renumbered subsection (15) of that section by the substitution for the words 'the Freedom from Hunger Campaign of the Food and Agricultural Organisation "of the abbreviations "the FAO, UNV." |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts