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Short title.
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1 This Law may be cited as the Young Men’s Muslim Association, Maligawatta, Colombo, Law.
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Incorporation of the Young Men’s Muslim Association, Maligawatta, Colombo.
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2. From and after the date of commencement of this Law, the President, Vice-Presidents, and members of the Board of Governors for the time being of the Young Men’s Muslim Association, Maligawatta, Colombo, (hereinafter referred to as ” the Association “), and such and so many persons as now are members of the Association, or shall hereafter be admitted members of the Corporation hereby constituted, shall be a body corporate (hereinafter referred to as ” the Corporation”) with perpetual succession under the style and name of ” The Young Men’s Muslim Association, Maligawatta, Colombo.”, and by that name shall and may sue and be sued in all courts, with full power and authority to have and use a common seal and alter the same at their pleasure.
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General objects of the Corporation
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3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be-
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(i) to promote the general aims and objects of the All-Ceylon Young Men’s Muslim Association Conference;
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(ii) to foster inter-communal amity;
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(iii) to improve the conditions of the people of Maligawatta socially, educationally and economically;
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(iv) to encourage the practical observance of Islam; and
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(v) to promote any other aims and objects not inconsistent with the aims and objects of the All-Ceylon Young Men’s Muslim Association Conference, as the Association may determine from time to time.
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Board of Governors.
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4.
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(1) The affairs of the Corporation shall, subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation as hereinafter provided, be administered by a Board of Governors consisting of the President, the two Vice-Presidents, the Honorary General Secretary and the Honorary Treasurer and not less than six other members to be elected in accordance with the rules for the time being of the Corporation.
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(2) All members of the Corporation shall be subject to the rules in force for the time being of the Corporation.
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Power to make rules.
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5. It shall be lawful for the Corporation from time to time at any general meeting of the members and by a majority of the members present and voting, to make rules for the admission, withdrawal or expulsion of members, for the conduct and duties of the Board of Governors and of the various officers, agents and servants of the Corporation, for the procedure to be followed in the transaction of business, and otherwise generally for the management of the affairs of the Corporation and the accomplishment of its objects. Such rules when made may, at a like meeting, be altered, added to, amended, or cancelled, subject, however, to the requirements of section.
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Rules in the Schedule to be the rules of the Corporation.
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6. Subject to the provisions of section 5 the rules set out in the Schedule* hereto shall for all purposes be the rules of the Corporation:
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Provided, however, that nothing in this section contained shall be held or construed to prevent the Corporation at all times hereafter from making fresh rules, or from altering, amending, adding to, or cancelling any of the rules in the Schedule* (except Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter I thereof) or any of the rules which may hereafter be made by the Corporation.
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Procedure for amendment of rules.
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7. No rule in the Schedule* hereto nor any rule which may hereafter be passed shall be altered, added to, amended or cancelled, except by a vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting at a general meeting of the Corporation and unless such alteration, addition, amendment or cancellation shall have been previously approved by the Board of Governors.
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Debts due by and payable to the Corporation.
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8. All debts and liabilities of the Association, existing at the time of the coming into operation of this Law shall be paid by the Corporation hereby constituted, and all debts due to and subscriptions and contributions payable to the Association, shall be paid to the Corporation for the purposes of this Law.
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Procedure for affixing the seal of the Corporation.
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9. The seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any instrument whatsoever in the presence of two of the except in the presence members of the Board of Governors who shall sign their names to the instrument in token of their presence, and such signing shall be independent of the signing of any person as a witness.
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Corporation may hold property movable and immovable,
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10. The Corporation shall be able and capable in law to take and hold any, which movable and may become vested in it by virtue of any immovable. purchase, grant, gift, testamentary disposition or otherwise, and all such property shall be held by the Corporation for the purposes of this Law and subject to the rules for the time being of the said Corporation, with full power to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same.
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Saving of the rights of the Republic, and others.
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11. Nothing in this Law contained shall prejudice or affect the rights of the Republic, or of any body politic or corporate, or of any other persons, except such as are mentioned in this Law and those claiming by, from, or under them.
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