5. For the purpose of implementing the programme, the Authority shall have the power-
| (a) to establish sad maintain district and divisional Samurdhi Committees at district and divisional level : |
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| (b) to establish and maintain Samurdhi Centres and Samurdhi Baiakayas at village cluster level and village level to provide agricultural, fisheries and industrial inputs, information, management and consultancy services to beneficiaries of the programme ; |
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| (c) to establish, committees consisting of youth at village level, district level, divisional level and national level to ensure active participation of youth In the implementation of the programme ; |
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| (d) to establish, manage and operate savings and credit schemes for the beneficiaries under the programme ; |
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| (e) to provide marketing services (including the provision of marketing centres) for the storage, processing and sale of products of beneficiary families ; |
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| (f) to arrange for the conduct of lotteries with the assistance of the National Lotteries Board to raise moneys for the implementation of the Samurdhi programme ; |
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| (g) to appoint committees of beneficiaries of the programme to plan and manage development activities at village level ; |
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| (h) to provide training, management, consultancy and information services and agricultural, fisheries and industrial inputs to beneficiaries of the programme and beneficiary families, with a view to promoting agricultural productivity, self-employment and small enterprise development ; |
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| (i) acquire and hold any property movable or immovable, and to sell, transfer, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of, such property ; |
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| (j) receive grants, gifts, or donations in cash or kind from local or foreign sources ; |
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| (k) enter into and perform either directly or through officers or agents authorized in writing in that behalf by the Authority, all such contracts and agreements as may be necessary for discharging its functions or the exercise of its powers. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts