3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be-
| (a) to sponsor and promote the study of, and research into, all aspects of Buddhism ; |
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| (b) to establish and maintain educational institutions to teach Buddhism and to inculcate in the people, the Buddha Dharma and Buddhist values, and to encourage them to lead their lives in accordance with the Dhamma and Buddhist values ; |
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| (c) to establish and maintain Viharas, monasteries, shrines, hermitages and other religious institutions and to promote, foster and preserve, Buddhist festivals, rites, rituals, practices and traditions ; |
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| (d) to award scholarships, fellowships, prizes, certificates and other awards to those who have fulfilled the requirements for such awards and to provide educational facilities and services to all sections of society ; |
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| (e) to promote, the training of the sangha including training to undertake missionary work ; |
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| (f) to promote peace and foster religious, communal, ethnic and racial harmony in the community ; |
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| (g) to provide social and welfare services and to establish and maintain centres and institutions for the welfare, training and rehabilitation of the destitute, the disabled, the impaired, the aged, the sick and the displaced; |
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| (h) to establish and maintain libraries, information and resource centres ; |
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| (i) to engage in any industry or trade with a view to improving technical knowledge of youth ; set up technical and industrial enterprises; to help and assist any person to engage in such enterprises and to conduct training programmes in any such industry or trade ; |
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| (j) to hold exhibitions, lectures, seminars, workshops, classes, debates, conferences or other activities, in furtherance of the objects of the Corporation ; |
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| (k) to collaborate with other associations, organisations or societies having objects similar to those of the Corporation ; and |
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| (l) to do all such other acts and things as are necessary or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any one of them. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts