Purpose and Basis.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Purpose and Basis.—The primary purpose of the Islamic Bank shall be to promote and accelerate the socio-economic development of the Autonomous Region by performing banking, financing and investment operations and to establish and participate in agricultural, commercial and industrial ventures based on the Islamic concept of banking. All business dealings and activities of the Islamic Bank shall be subject to the basic principles and rulings of Islamic Shari'a within the purview of the aforementioned declared policy. Any zakat or "tithe" paid by the Islamic Bank on behalf of its shareholders and depositors shall be considered as part of compliance by the Islamic Bank with its obligation to appropriate said zakat fund and to disburse it in legitimate channels to be ascertained first by the Shari'a Advisory Council.