3 The general objects for which the Council is constituted are hereby declared to be"
| (a) to promote and advance the study, practice and application of. and research in. archaeology and related .subjects and the arts and sciences connected therewith ; |
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| (b) to organize, supervise and control, the admission and the professional education, and training, of persons desiring to qualify as archaeologists, to prescribe or approve courses of study for the qualifying examinations for membership of the Council, and to conduct or provide for the conduct of such courses and examinations; |
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| (c) to prescribe the qualifications and disqualification for membership of the Council, and the standards of professional conduct for members of the Council and to secure the maintenance thereof ; |
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| (d) to protect and promote the interests, status, welfare rights and privileges of the profession of archaeologists in Sri Lanka, and the interests of the public in relation to that profession and of persons desiring to qualify as archaeologists; |
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| (e) to establish and maintain, a documentation centre, laboratories, museums, libraries and other such services specializing in archaeology and related subjects; |
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| (f) to establish and maintain, pension and provident funds and benefits schemes for members, officers and servants and their dependants, and to grant assistance, financial or otherwise, to societies of students . |
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| (g) to carry out such acts as are necessary for, or incidental or conducive, to, the attainment of the aforesaid objects. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts