Agrarian Services (Farmers' Organizations) Regulations 1993

P}~RT I SECTION (I)- GENERAL Government Notifications /\.GRARJAN SEHVICES ACT No. 68 OF 1Il79 1,.1).-1:l/l0. HEGULATIOXS made by t.ho Minister of Agricultural Dovolopmont and Roosos.roh under Sect.ion 66 of the Agmrian Sen-jer,' Act" No. 58 of !!lj!l as o.monrlcd by Agrarian Services (Amendment] Act, No. , 9 of HHlO and Agrnrinn Sorviccs (Arnondrnr-n t.) Act 1\0. 4 of IUD]. l\linistry of j\;.;ricnlt'l,ntl D,JvL'/0l'JnC'l1(', and Research, Gatolnbc, Iioi"n! loniya. OJsL .l uly 190:). R. :iiI. DJIAnMADASA BM;VA, Minister of AgriculLnro.! Dovcloprnont: n.nd Roscarch. (a) (Ii) (e) 1. These rcgu]'tLions may be cited ns t.ho Agmriou S'.'rYices (Formers Organiznt.ions) Regulations of 1903. Z, 'I'horo mnT bo e'l,nllisllC1cl one or 11101'0 FurmorsOrgunizut.ions in nny nrcn clotcrminod by t-ho .. Comrnisaionor " of Agro,rinn Sorviccs (heJ'oinafl0l' rcforrcd to ll.S tho I' Commissioner") under sect.ion fiG A of tho Act, . :), Every Fnrrnors (lrVlLnizlLt.ioll (horoino.ft.or rofcrrcd to nR " the Orgnriizut.ion ") shal l elect [L Prosidont, n Sccr0tn.n- ,..nd ''\ Tro'l~urcr and ,; Cornmittco consisting of !\t, least. sovon mombcrs including the President. :'i0crot,ary and Treasurer. • L The Orguniza t.iou shall 11I1V0 t.ho pownr to do anything necessary for or conducive or incidcntinl to tho carrying out of iU; ohjcc\.s"inc.Jlldil1g tho PO\I'<~"--" lc, nccquirc, in llny manner whnt.soovcr, untl hold, trtko or give on lonso or hire, rnorf.gngo, pledge, soll or otherwiso dis]'o~" of any innuovablo or rnovublo property: to appoint, employ, oxorciso disc ip linury control over rind dismiss its officers, sorvnn ts und agonts ; and (0 ontor into find porform nil slH;h cont.rnot.s or ngro0n1f'nts ns may bo nocossary for tho oxcorciso of it!! pOWOrA nnd cnrry , ing out, of its objects. 5. An ol'gn,nizo,tiofl registered under Section fiG 13 may borrow without, prior approvn l of tho Corurnissionor such sum, as mnv bo required for carrying out its objects, subject, to tho limits sot by the rules of such organization. . 6. Tho Committee shall prepare the rules of the orgunizutiou before the expiry of one nanth after it" election and submit them for tho approval of tho genern.l membership. Subject to those regulations, such rules shull provide for the following mutt"rs , (i) tho name and address of the organization and its nrou of oporation ; (ii) tho objectives of tho organization which shall includo tho objectives of Farmers Orguniza.tion set out in SUb-!'C'Ctiop (4) of Section liG A of the Act: (iii) tho powers and dubies of the organization; (iv) the eligibilit:r, rights and duties of members of the Organization and loss of membership (v) t.h", pow-ern n.nd duties of office benrors and tho committeo including tho nppointmont and functions of Imb,committOM : (vi) the holding of Gonoraillrootinge l\t leMt onco in every four mon the nnd tho trrml'!fiot.;on of businosa l't. 8nch Itloc,tiuf:1l: (vii) the raising of funds for Ul0 orgrmizabion ; (viii: uno of rilnd~ of (IIi) organiznt.icn ; lA 2 A I 0Zl1J01;.:) : rI) 0C§<;C~-§ Gc2:O)) 9c!)C:;)Jz;i§"-Gl m0J0€)J~ c':.;"oc$cz,W ~:5l Oc~;c>~Cjl (,')iCOO e:l9C.~--1!l!J:}.O'r.oi; PJ.RT I: SEC. ( )-GAZl'.:TTE EXTltAORDL."'~ARYOF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LAN}~A-O(J.07.Hi93 (ix) kf'()pill~; t.ho nceount.s. propnrut.ion 01" RI·,lI.t~11Jl0n.t.n of fl.cc l1u n b.J, in.;;.;pc·cr,ion of nccounl.s, pr~pnnd.j(JJl f)C llJUUln.; HLak,lnOllt. or nocoun ts aud tho roports ; nlld (x) :l.J11o!lcling tho r ulos of tho orgn,nizntion. 7. A membor rnay ho oxpollod or his mombcrship suspended only by n resolution pnssod ut a goncrn! rn0,.~(.;lIr'. S. Th0 prognt1nnh'~ of 'york sha.ll ho prepared nn.I sub ruit.i.od by tho CI)llllllil !,~(' for t.ho approval of {.1w nrg::.ni:l.:d·:on fl.t.:i general mootiug. u. 'Yhenl t.ho ()rC,lnlzu,tion ('st.:1.bl isltC's {l Crt,cl i i schoruo for t.ho n1()111b('~, t·hr.~ nllt~·s of such schomc sl in ] i T'c,qnirn tho prior approvu.l of t.ho Conu11is~lo~H~r and' 'shnl l be PU~";S('ti ll)~ not less t.hn.n two·lhinl~ of t.h~ ruombors of tho orf~llni'l.:l.Lion pret ~Jnt n{. ("I goneral mooting. 10. Tho il.1UUlQ,!Il,CCC'tJJlts, cuditod by 01" OIl bchn.lf 01" tho Commissioner, shall ho presented to tho gOilCl';\.] nw,)I·in,: Ior appro,'". 11. 'Tho orgnn:zn.Ll(Jll ghall keep t·he' usn of til') [l1nds of' l.h o orgnnlz:d.ion cnllr~tnllt.l~~ under roviow, 1~. 'I'ho....~rg:lni:t.nti(}n in c\llpll;yiJlg :1f1Y PP;'::PIl 1.(1 porform n.ny of i1.'-1 dufi('~~ nrulrT th0 j t, or it;~1 rules shn l l ~\('t III [l.('nc.rdr.nc with t.he gon(\rnl ndnliaisl.l':lLivo roguln.t.ious. 13. 1:110 orguniznt.ions may appoint deJegntsjoR 10 roprosonb thorn unrl form such fodorntions of organiznt.ions f10 rnny bo os t,nhlished hy tho Commissioner at. tho dist.riob, provincial or nn.t.ionn.l level wit.h rules npprovos by the Cornruissionor. 14. Th0, rules of a registered organizar.ion shn.l] 1>" subject to tho npprovn l of j·Jlc' Commissioner who mny f:l'ggC'S!·. nrnond menta of suoh rules. Hi. Tho Comrnittoo mny moot, ns ofton us ma y 1>0 necossnry lind sha ll hold nt, lonst, ono mooting in n. month. I -;. ./\. rcgifi~,erod Or.:;n.n..izn.tion shul J not. grant, It lon n lo any porsou if ho is not.. n member of tho org:1,;-tizlltiollo :.~l. Tl .o sl·aLf'll:cnL nf 1.J1COlllfJ and EXVf)nditljrl."~ :i.1111 na1vllC"\ ~)h(~f';' or 1111' '-'1"1.;lIn1T,ntion sb n l l hp tLr1~r()\'c(i hy ltv.-' ::l()'""i\7j);';r-..,\ ~jgne;~ by Uv: '1'1'(-;'11.;'-:1;;\)1' nn-l L'rosid.-n; n nrl submit Ir-r! f(l!" £l.liditing 1,) ill!"' (>lJnlili~:·:i(lncr or t·(l n n onif~er n.1!th(Jrj,~.,-'d h~· :~!:,: iii I·h:l.~ i)(~l1:'l!: . 22,. Thn 1!;1f1!~. n.pl):'t. shall hn H-cCt)nl'pn.nil ~d ,,(t.-ith t',L·] Skttll1f'nt. nf i:ICPIHO !I P E:·{"]'t·!HLif-I![,£, nn<1 BH-IFtnf~(\ Sh(:rd. In'''-~''i ~!~'d :I!. i;;·', geuernl rne,-~t,in~. 23. Tho Commissioner or nny oflicor .vulhorisrvl b~- h irn 11n'::; tho rigld- t o in~pl'{~t-. 1--11.,:, books, documont.s ;1.1\rl ns;:('{-s of :il.~ OJ-g.:!/;i zntion n I. :lllY t.il'\0. 2,1. 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