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Sri Lanka United Malay Organisation (Incorporation) Act (No. 17 of 1986) - Sect 3

General objects of the Corporation

3. The general objects far which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be :
(i) to safeguard the fundamental rights and interest of the Sri Lanka Malay Community and to promote its welfare;
(ii) to propagate and encourage the use of the Malay Language and customs with special attention to the use of the Malay head gear;
(iii) to initiate studies and make recommendations for the practice of Islam, especially among the isolated groups of the Sri Lanka Malay Community in remote areas in Sri Lanka;
(iv) to participate and make useful contributions in the political, social, cultural and economic fields of the country;
(v) to promote friendly relations and establish Cultural and Social contacts with Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei and any other countries to be determined by the Committee of Management;
(vi) to foster, maintain and contribute friendly relations with all the Communities in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; and
(vii) to take all other steps 'that are necessary for the promotion of the abovementioned objects, of the Sri Lanka United Malay Organisation, as the Organisation may determine from time to time.


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