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Section 22
The Religious endowments act, 1863

Section 22. Government not to hold charge henceforth of property for support of any mosque, temple, etc

Except as provided in this Act, it shall not be lawful 1*** for 2[the Central Government or any State Government], or for any officer of any Government in his official character,

to undertake or resume the superintendence of any land or other property granted for the support of, or otherwise belonging to, any mosque, temple or other religious establishment, or

to take any part in the management or, appropriation of any endowment made for the maintenance of any such mosque, temple or other establishment, or

to nominate or appoint any trustee, manager or superintendent thereof, or to be in any way concerned therewith3 .

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.

How courts have applied section 22