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National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Act (No. 27 of 2006) - Sect 3

Members of the Authority

3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be-
(a) to organise, maintain and uplift the educational activities and- pre training programmes for the poor children and youth, who have no educational facilities ;
(b) to find opportunities for training in pre-vocational education in the fields of sports, computer training and mass-media ;
(c) to teach English, Tamil and other languages to needy students ;
(d) to provide assistance to deserving students by way of providing scholarships, loans and grants to pursue studies and research in Sri Lanka and abroad ;
(e) to establish libraries, archives and cultural centres to preserve and protect the cultural heritage of all communities in Sri Lanka ;
(f) to establish a research centre and a museum to perpetuate the memory of late T. B. Tennakoon ;
(g) to establish and maintain institutions for the welfare and rehabilitation of destitute, disabled, aged, sick and displaced persons ;
(h) to utilize the youth labour for the welfare of the general public ;
(i) to train persons for leadership ;
(j) to encourage the farmers and to establish societies of young farmers ;
(k) to encourage the persons engaged in the activities for the furtherance of national unity by conducting seminars, discussions and workshops ; and
(l) to commemorate or honour outstanding persons or institutions who or which have contributed towards national unity, by the grant of awards, prizes, scholarships and fellowships.


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