Act Number: 20

Act Name: The Religious endowments act, 1863

Year: 1863

Enactment Date: 1863-03-10

Long Title: An Act to enable the Government to divest itself of the management of Religious Endowments.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 6: Rights, etc., of trustees to whom property is transferred under section 4.
    The rights, powers, and responsibilities of every trustee, manager or superintendent, to whom the land and other property of any mosque, temple or other religious establishment is transferred in the manner prescribed in section 4 of this Act, as well as the conditions of their appointment, election and removal, shall be the same as if this Act had not been passed, except in respect of the liability to be sued under this Act, and except in respect of the authority of the Board of Revenue, and local agents, given by the Regulations hereby repealed, over such mosque, temple or religious establishment, and over such trustee, manager, or superintendent, which authority is hereby determined and repealed. All the powers which might be exercised by any Board or local agent, for the recovery of the rent of land or other property transferred under the said section 4 of this Act, may, from the date of such transfer, be exercised by any trustee, manager or superintendent to whom such transfer is made.
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