3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted General are hereby declared to be -
| (a) to improve living conditions and standards of Sri Lankans with a view to eradicating all malignant diseases ; |
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| (b) to assist, advise and provide for victims of malignant diseases , |
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| (c) to collect, classify, and preserve, all texts, records, data on malignant diseases and to promote research on the subject, with a view to improving treatment for, and preventing and controlling, such diseases ; |
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| (d) to disseminate amongst the people of Sri Lanka, information relating to the prevention, treatment and relief of malignant diseases ; |
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| (e) to establish endow or support, hospitals, nursing homes or other institutions for the treatment and relief of patients suffering from malignant diseases ; |
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| (f) to encourage, and assist or undertake wherever possible, the education and training of doctors, students, nurses and other medical personnel engaged in furtherance of any of the above objects ; |
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| (g) to establish, foster and guide, Branches outside Colombo for carrying out the objects of the Corporation and to review the activities of such Branches ; |
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| (h) to lease with any national or international institution or organization having objects similar to those of the Corporation ; |
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| (i) to hold, organize or participate in, seminars, meetings conferences, local or international that promote the objects of the Corporation. |
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| (j) to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to, the attainment of the above objects. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts