View All - 2013 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances DIVINEGUMAMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Divineguma Act, No 1 of 2013, and the provisions of this Act other than this section, shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette (hereinafter referred to as the "appointed date"). The provisions of this section shall come into operation on the date on which this Act becomes an Act of Parliament.2. Establishment of Divineguma Development Department.3. Director- General and other officers and servants of the Department. 4. Objects of the Department. 5. Powers of the Department. 6. Functions of the Department. 7. Divineguma National Council. 8. Minister to establish administrative zones. 9. Establishment of divineguma community based organizations. 10. Objects of the divineguma community based organizations. 11. Powers of the divineguma community based organizations. 12. Functions of the divineguma community based organizations. 13. Maintenance of funds of divineguma community based organizations.14. Appointment of an officer to perform the functions of divineguma community based organizations. 15. Establishment of divineguma regional organizations. 16. Objects of the divineguma regional organizations. 17. Powers of divineguma regional organizations. 18. Functions of the divineguma regional organizations. 19. Establishment of divineguma district committees. 20. Objects of divineguma district committees. 21. Powers of the divineguma district committees. 22. Functions of divineguma district committees. 23. Establishment of the Divineguma National Federation. 24. Object of the Divineguma National Federation. 25. Establishment of divineguma community based banks.26. Objects of the divineguma community based banks. 27. Powers of divineguma community based banks. 28. The functions of the divineguma community based banks shall be :- 29. Establishment of divineguma community based banking societies. 30. Objects of divineguma community based banking societies. 31. Powers of divineguma community based banking societies. 32. Functions of divineguma community based banking societies.33. Board of Management of divineguma community based banks and divineguma community based banking societies.34. Divineguma Community Based Banking Union. 35. Finance Business Act, No.42 of 2011and Banking Act, No. 30 of 1988 not to apply. 36. Divineguma Development Fund.37. Divineguma Revolving Fund. 38. District Secretaries to be Additional Director- General. 39. Declaration of Secrecy. 40. Returns and Information. 41. Offences. 42. Regulations. 43. Rules. 44. Repeal of the Samurdhi Development Authority Act, No.30 of 1995, the Southern Development Authority Act, No.18 of 1996 and the Udarata Development Authority Act, No.26 of 2005 and savings. 45. Trusts and funds under the repealed Acts to be deemed to be trusts and funds under this Act. 46. This Act to prevail over other written law. 47. Interpretation. 48. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.