An Act to amend the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951
Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951 (Madras Act XIX of 1951), in its application to the Malabar district referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
BE it enacted in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 1963.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 30.- In section 30 of the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable endowments Act, 1951 (Madras Act XIX of 1951),-
(i) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-
“ (1) the trustee of a religious institution may, after making adequate provision for the purposes referred to in sub-section (2) of section 70,-
(i) incur expenditure out of the funds in his charge-
(a) on arrangements for securing the health, safety or convenience of disciples, pilgrims or worshippers resorting to the institution; and
(b) for the training of archakas, adhyapakas, vedaparayanikas and othuvars; and
(ii) make contributions in cash or in gold or in silver from the assets of the institution for purposes of national defence.”;
(ii) in sub-section (2), after the words “In incurring such expenditure”, the words “ or making such contributions” shall be inserted.
