AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BALAPITIYA SRI RAHULARAMA PURANA VIHARASTHA SAMANERA AKALPA SANGWARDENA BIKSHU VIDYALAYA
Preamble
WHEREAS a Vidyalaya called and known as the
"Balapitiya Sri Rahularama Purana Viharastha Samanera
Akalpa Sangwardena Bikshu Vidyalaya" has heretofore been
established in Sri Lanka for the purpose of effectually carrying
out its objects and transacting all matters connected with the
said Vidyalaya according to the rules agreed to by its
members:
AND WHEREAS the said Vidyalaya has heretofore
successfully carried out and transacted the several objects
and matters for which it was established and has applied to
be incorporated and it will be for the public advantage to
grant the said application:
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:-
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Balapitiya Sri
Rahularama Purana Viharastha Samanera Akalpa
Sangwardena Bikshu Vidyalaya (Incorporation) Act, No. 25
of 2023.
Incorporation
of the
Balapitiya Sri
Rahularama
Purana
Viharastha
Samanera
Akalpa
Sangwardena
Bikshu
Vidyalaya
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(1) From and after the date of commencement of this
Act, such and so many persons as now are members of the
Balapitiya Sri Rahularama Purana Viharastha Samanera
Akalpa Sangwardena Bikshu Vidyalaya (hereinafter referred
to as the "Vidyalaya") and shall hereafter be admitted as
members of the body corporate hereby constituted shall have
perpetual succession under the name and style of the
"Balapitiya Sri Rahularama Purana Viharastha Samanera
Akalpa Sangwardena Bikshu Vidyalaya" (hereinafter referred
to as the "body corporate"), and by that name may sue and be
sued with full power and authority to have, and use a common
seal and to alter the same at its pleasure.
(2) The body corporate shall be deemed to be a Voluntary
Social Services Organization within the meaning and for the
purpose of the Voluntary Social Service Organizations
(Registration and Supervision) Act, No. 31 of 1980 and the
provisions of that Act shall apply to and in relation to the
management of the affairs of the body corporate.
General objects of the body Corporate
3. The general objects for which the body corporate is
constituted are hereby declared to be to assist the relevant
authorities to-
(a) embed the desired course of conduct of a novice
Samanera Bhikku in to the lives of Samanera Bhikku, as a life practice;
(b) provide knowledge to the Samanera Bhikku in relation to -
(i) the basic elements of the life of a novice
Samanera Bhikku;
(ii) the customs of partaking alms, pindapatha,
(gathering alms by visiting households), bathing and sleeping; and
(iii) the life of Lord Buddha and selected stories
of the Buddha Sasana;
(c) train the Samanera Bhikku of the correct way of
worshiping Buddha, performing Bodhi Puja and
uttering Pin Wakya; and
(d) provide basic knowledge on the subjects of Sinhala
Pali, Sanskrit, Tamil and English languages and Mathematics to the Samanera Bhikku.
Body corporate
to ensure no
conflict with
work of
Ministry or
Department of
the Government
or Provincial
Council
4. The objects of the body corporate shall be carried
out in such manner so as not to create any conflict between
the work of the body corporate and any work being carried
out simultaneously by any Ministry or Department of the
Government or of any Provincial Council.
Management of
affairs of the
body corporate
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(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules
made under section 7, the management and administration
of the affairs of the body corporate shall be carried out by a
Committee of Management (hereinafter referred to as the
"Committee") consisting of such number of office bearers as
may be specified by the rules made under section 7.
(2)
(a) The Committee of the Vidyalaya holding office on
the day immediately preceding the date of commencement
of this Act shall, subject to the rules made under paragraph
(b), function as an Interim Committee of the body corporate
until the first Committee is appointed or elected in the manner
provided for by rules made under section 7.
(b) Subject to the provisions of section 7, the Interim
Committee of the body corporate shall have the power to
make rules for the interim administration of the body corporate
and for election or appointment of the members of the first
Committee of the body corporate, not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act or any other written law.
(c) Any decision of the Interim Committee shall be taken
by the majority of its members present at such meeting.
(d) The first Committee of the body...
