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The Religious endowments act, 1863
An Act to enable the Government to divest itself of the management of Religious Endowments.
Act No. 20 of 1863 · Ministry of Law and Justice
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Contents
- 1[Repealed.].(Repealed)
- 2Interpretation clause.
- 3Government to make special provision respecting mosques, etc.
- 4Transfer to trustees, etc., of trust-property in charge of Revenue Board.
- 5Procedure in case of dispute as to right of succession to vacated trusteeship.
- 6Rights, etc., of trustees to whom property is transferred under section 4.
- 7Appointment of committees.
- 8Qualifications of member of committee.
- 9Tenure of office.
- 10Vacancies to be filled.
- 11No member of Committee to be also trustee, etc., of mosque, etc.
- 12On appointment of Committee, Board and local agents to transfer property.
- 13Duty of trustee, etc., as to accounts.
- 14Persons interested may singly sue in case of breach of trust, etc.
- 15Nature of interest entitling person to sue.
- 16Reference to arbitrators.
- 17Reference under Act 10 of 1940.
- 18Application for leave to institute suits.
- 19Court may require accounts of trust to be filed.
- 20Proceedings for criminal breach of trust.
- 21Cases in which endowments are partly for religious and partly for secular purposes
- 22Government not to hold charge henceforth of property for support of any mosque, temple, etc
- 23Effect of Act in respect of Regulations therein mentioned, and of buildings of antiquity, etc
- 24[Repealed.](Repealed)