18. The income of a registered mosque may, with the previous sanction of the board, be appropriated by the trustee or trustees of the mosque for all or any of the following purposes: -
| (a) the repair and maintenance of the mosque and the premises belonging thereto; |
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| (b) the remuneration of the persons employed for the purposes of the mosque; |
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| (c) the performance of religious worship and of all customary religious observances ordinarily performed in the mosque; |
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| (d) the promotion of religious or secular education at any school maintained in connexion with the mosque and the relief of poor students at any such school; |
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| (e) the relief of the poor, the giving of alms in accordance with custom and the burial of poor Muslims; |
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| (f) the remuneration, as determined by the board, of the trustee or trustees of the mosque and the payment of all expenses incurred by such trustee or trustees in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of such trustee or trustees; |
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| (g) the payment of compensation awarded under section 21 and the payment of all fees due under this Act in respect of the mosque; and |
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| (h) any other purposes which may be deemed necessary by the jama'ath. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts