Lawgist23Effect of Act in respect of Regulations therein mentioned, and of buildings of antiquity, etc
Nothing in this Act shall be held to affect the provisions the 1Regulations mentioned in this Act, except in so far as they relate to mosques, Hindu temples and other religious establishments; or to prevent the Government from taking such steps as it may deem necessary, under the provisions of the said Regulations, to prevent injury to and preserve buildings2 remarkable for their antiquity, or for their historical or architectural value, or required for the convenience of the public.3
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1. Namely the Bengal Charitable Endowments, Public Buildings and Escheats Regulation, 1810 (Ben. Reg. 19 of 1810), and Madras Endowments and Escheats Regulation, 1817 (Mad. Reg. 7 of 1817).
2. See now also the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904 (7 of 1904).
3.A new section 23A has been added to apply only to Bengal by the Bengal Waqf Act, 1934 (Ben. Act 13 of 1934).
- 1 [Repealed.]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- 24 [Repealed.]
