An Act further to amend the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950.
Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950 for the purpose hereinafter appearing;
BE it enacted in the Forty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions (Amendment) Act, 1990.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Insertion of new sections 62A and 62B.- After section 62 of the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950 (XV of 1950), the following sections shall be inserted, namely:-
“62A. Devaswom Properties.- All immovable properties vested in the Cochin Devaswom Board under sub-section (1) of section 62 shall be dealt with as Devaswom properties. The provisions of the Kerala Land Conservancy Act, 1957 (8 of 1958) shall be applicable to Devaswom lands as in the case of Government lands.
62B. Applicability of Kerala Land Conservancy Act to unassigned lands of Devaswoms under the Board.- All unassigned lands belonging to the Devaswom under the sole management of the Board shall be deemed to be the property of the Government for the purpose of the Kerala Land Conservancy Act, 1957 (8 of 1958) and all the provisions of that Act shall , so far as they are applicable, apply to such lands.”.
