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Legislative Enactments DIVINEGUMA Marginal Notes 1. 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 Samurdhi Development Department. 3. Director- General and other officers and servants of the Department. 4. Objects of the Department. 5. Powers of the Department. [4, 2 of 2017] 6. Functions of the Department.[4, 2 of 2017] 7. Samurdhi National Council. [4, 2 of 2017] 8. Minister to establish administrative zones. 9. Establishment of samurdhi community based organizations. [4, 2 of 2017] 10. Objects of the samurdhi community based organizations. [4, 2 of 2017] 11. Powers of the samurdhi community based organizations. [4, 2 of 2017] 12. Functions of the samurdhi community based organizations. [4, 2 of 2017] 13. Maintenance of funds of samurdhi community based organizations.[4, 2 of 2017] 14. Appointment of an officer to perform the functions of samurdhi community based organizations. [4, 2 of 2017] 15. Establishment of samurdhi regional organizations. [4, 2 of 2017] 16. Objects of the samurdhi regional organizations. [4, 2 of 2017] 17. Powers of samurdhi regional organizations. [4, 2 of 2017] 18. Functions of the samurdhi regional organizations. [4, 2 of 2017] 19. Establishment of samurdhi district committees. [4, 2 of 2017] 20. Objects of samurdhi district committees.[4, 2 of 2017] 21. Powers of the samurdhi district committees. [4, 2 of 2017] 22. Functions of samurdhi district committees. [4, 2 of 2017] 23. Establishment of the Samurdhi National Federation. [4, 2 of 2017] 24. Object of the Samurdhi National Federation. [4, 2 of 2017] 25. Establishment of samurdhi community based banks.[4, 2 of 2017] 26. Objects of the samurdhi community based banks. [4, 2 of 2017] 27. Powers of samurdhi community based banks. [4, 2 of 2017] 28. The functions of the samurdhi community based banks shall be :- [4, 2 of 2017] 29. Establishment of samurdhi community based banking societies.[4, 2 of 2017] 30. Objects of samurdhi community based banking societies. [4, 2 of 2017] 31. Powers of samurdhi community based banking societies. [4, 2 of 2017] 32. Functions of samurdhi community based banking societies.[4, 2 of 2017] 33. Board of Management of samurdhi community based banks and samurdhi community based banking societies.[4, 2 of 2017] 34. Samurdhi community based Banking Union. [4, 2 of 2017] 35. Finance Business Act, No.42 of 2011and Banking Act, No. 30 of 1988 not to apply. 36. Samurdhi Development Fund. 37. Samurdhi Revolving Fund.[4, 2 of 2017] 38. District Secretaries to be Additional Director- General. 39. Declaration of Secrecy. 40. Returns and Information. 41. Offences. [4, 2 of 2017] 42. Regulations. [4, 2 of 2017] 43. Rules. [4, 2 of 2017] 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. [4, 2 of 2017] 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. [4, 2 of 2017] 48. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.