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CentralAct 20 of 1863

The Religious endowments act, 1863

An Act to enable the Government to divest itself of the management of Religious Endowments.

Sections

24 in this Act

  1. 1[Repealed.]
  2. 2Interpretation clause
  3. 3Government to make special provision respecting mosques, etc
  4. 4Transfer to trustees, etc., of trust-property in charge of Revenue Board
  5. 5Procedure in case of dispute as to right of succession to vacated trusteeship
  6. 6Rights, etc., of trustees to whom property is transferred under section 4
  7. 7Appointment of committees
  8. 8Qualifications of member of committee
  9. 9Tenure of office
  10. 10Vacancies to be filled
  11. 11No member of Committee to be also trustee, etc., of mosque, etc
  12. 12On appointment of Committee, Board and local agents to transfer property
  13. 13Duty of trustee, etc., as to accounts
  14. 14Persons interested may singly sue in case of breach of trust, etc
  15. 15Nature of interest entitling person to sue
  16. 16Reference to arbitrators
  17. 17Reference under Act 10 of 1940
  18. 18Application for leave to institute suits
  19. 19Court may require accounts of trust to be filed
  20. 20Proceedings for criminal breach of trust
  21. 21Cases in which endowments are partly for religious and partly for secular purposes
  22. 22Government not to hold charge henceforth of property for support of any mosque, temple, etc
  23. 23Effect of Act in respect of Regulations therein mentioned, and of buildings of antiquity, etc
  24. 24[Repealed.]