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Religious endowments act
An Act to enable the Government to divest itself of the management of Religious Endowments.
| Act Id | 186320 |
| Act Number | 20 |
| Enactment Date | 1863-03-10 |
| Act Year | 1863 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Law and Justice |
| Enforcement Date | 10-03-1863 |
- All sections
- 1 [Repealed.]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- 24 [Repealed.]
