BOMBAY PUBLIC TRUSTS (GUJARAT AMENDMENT) ACT, 1963
GUJARAT ACT NO. XXXI OF 1963
(First published, after having received the assent of the President in the “Gujarat Government Gazette” on the 4th June 1963).
An Act further to amend the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950.
It is hereby enacted in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Short title and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Public Trusts (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1963.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of section 36 of Bom. XXIX of 1950.
2. Section 36 of the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”) shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section and after sub-section (1) as so renumbered the following sub-sections shall be added, namely:—
“(2) The decision of the Charity Commissioner under sub-section (1) shall be communicated to the trustees and shall be published in such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) Any person aggrieved by such decision may appeal to the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal within thirty days from the date of its publication.
(4) Such decision shall, subject to the provisions of subjection (3), be final.”
Amendment of section 47AA of Bom. XXIX of 1950.
3. In section 47AA of the principal Act after the words “under this Act” the words, brackets and figures “or any amount is surcharged on him under sub-section (1) of section 41”, shall be inserted.
Amendment of section 56T of Bom. XXIX of 1950.
4. In section 56T of the principal Act, after the figures “50” the figures and letter “50A”, shall be inserted.
Amendment of section 66 of Bom. XXIX of 1950.
5. To section 66 of the principal Act, before the Explanation, the following proviso shall be added, namely:—
“Provided that a trustee who has a previous conviction under this section shall be punished with fine which, except for adequate reasons to the contrary recorded in the judgment of the Court, shall not be less than Rs. 300 or the amount mentioned in that behalf in the said table, whichever be less.”.
Amendment of section 67 of Bom. XXIX of 1950.
6. To section 67 of the principal Act, the following proviso shall be added, namely:—
“Provided that in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in the judgment of the Court, a person who has a previous conviction under this section, shall be punished with fine which shall not be less than Rs. 300.”. |
