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[Repealed.]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[Repealed.]