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| (1) The Corporation shall have the following functions: -
| | (a) the promotion and development of the gem industry; | | |
| | (b) the promotion and development of research in gems and the gem industry; | | |
| | (c) the advancement of the skill of persons employed or engaged in the gem industry; | | |
| | (d) the initiation and implementation of schemes for the promotion and development of the gem industry; | | |
| | (e) the exploitation of the market for gems, whether in or outside Ceylon; | | |
| | (f) to carry on the gem industry, whether in or outside Ceylon; | | |
| | (g) the regulation, supervision and control of the gem industry; | | |
| | (h) the regulation and control of the terms and conditions of employment of persons who work in the gem industry, and in particular, the safety measures to be taken to protect such persons from danger to life and limb; | | |
| | (i) the prevention of the unlawful removal of gems from Ceylon; | | |
| | (j) to be the sole authority responsible for the alienation of the right to mine for gems in or over Crown land, or in or over land disposed of by the Crown where the mining or gemming rights remain with the Crown, whether by reason of any reservation or otherwise; and | | |
| | (k) the administration of any scheduled written law in so far only-
| | | (i) as it is applicable in the case of gems or the gem industry; or |
| (ii) as it may be necessary so to do for the purpose of enabling the Corporation to exercise, discharge and perform its powers, functions, and duties. |
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| (2) The Corporation shall in accordance with by-laws made in that behalf under this Act, be the sole authority responsible for the Issue of licences to carry on the gem industry, whether such Industry is or Is not carried on in or over any Crown or private land. The preceding provisions of this sub-section shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law. |
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| (3) Every licence issued under the Gemming Ordinance, No. 5 of 1890, and in force on the day immediately preceding the appointed date, shall be deemed for all purposes to be a licence issued by the Corporation and the Corporation may amend or modify the terms and conditions of such licence or may, in addition to the terms and conditions of the licence, add further terms and conditions. |
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| (4) Every lease under the Crown Lands Ordinance of the right to mine or gem in any Crown land or in any land, which has been disposed of by the Crown with a reservation of mining rights in favour of the Crown shall, if such lease is in force on the day immediately preceding the appointed date, be deemed for all purposes to be a lease granted by the Corporation and the Corporation may vary the terms and conditions subject to which the lease was granted or may, in addition to the terms and conditions of such lease, add further terms and conditions. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts