3. The general objects of the Institution shall be-
| (a) to prepare standards on national and international basis relating to structures, commodities, products, materials practices, and operations and from time to time revise, alter and amend the same and promote the general adoption of such standards ; |
|
| (b) to promote standardization and quality control in industry and commerce; |
|
| (c) to establish and maintain laboratories, libraries and provide relevant facilities for the purpose of furthering the practice of standardization and quality control; |
|
| (d) to make arrangements or provide facilities for the examination and testing of products, commodities and materials, including food and drugs, locally manufactured or imported, in order to determine whether they comply with the Code of Intellectual Property Act, No. 52 of 1979, or any other written law dealing with standards of quality or otherwise, as well as the examination of processes and practices used in the manufacture of locally produced products, commodities and materials; |
|
| (e) to make arrangements or provide facilities for the testing and calibration of precision instruments, guages and scientific apparatus, and for the issue of certificates in regard thereto so as to comply with the required standards; |
|
| (f) to provide or arrange facilities for undertaking research in connection with standardizaion and quality control; |
|
| (g) to operate a certification marks scheme in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Act; |
|
| (h) to certify the quality of commodities, materials, produce products and other things whether for local consumption or export; |
|
| (i) to encourage and promote standardization and quality control by educational, consultancy and other means ; |
|
| (j) to provide for co-operation with any person, association or organization outside Sri Lanka, having objects similar to those for which the Institution is established ; |
|
| (k) to co-ordinate the efforts of producers and users for the improvement of commodities, materials, products, appliances, processes and methods. |
|
|
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts