| ACT 9 OF 1999 THE TRAVANCORE " COCHIN HINDU RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999 [1] An Act further to amend the Travancore " Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act , 1950. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Travancore - Cochin, Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; BE it enacted in the Fiftieth 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 ,1999. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15 th day of December,1998. 2 . Amendment of section 2.--In section 2 of the Travancore"Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950 (Act XV of 1950) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the opening paragraph of clause (aa), the following shall be substituted, namely:-- "(aa) "Hindu'' means a person who is a Hindu by birth or by conversion and professes the Hindu religion: ". 3 . Amendment of section 4. " Sub-section (1A) of section 4 of the principal Act shall be omitted. 4 . Amendment of section 5 ." In section 5 of the principal Act, the following words shall be omitted, namely: -- "Every Hindu member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kerala who intends to participate in the election shall, before participating in the election, deliver to the person who presides over the meeting, a declaration signed by him to the effect that he professes the Hindu religion and believes in God and temple worship.''. 5 . Amendment of section 61. ---In section 61 of the principal Act, for the opening paragraph of clause (4A) , the following shall be substituted, namely:-- "(4A) "Hindu" means a person who is a Hindu by birth or by conversion and professes the Hindu religion:". 6 . Amendment of section 63.--The proviso to section 63 of the principal Act shall be omitted. 7 . Amendment of section 64."In section 64 of the principal Act the following words shall be omitted, namely :-- " Every Hindu member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kerala who intends to participate in the election shall, before participating in the election, deliver to the person who presides over the meeting a declaration signed by him to the effect that he profess the Hindu religion and believes in God and temple worship.". 8 . Repeal and saving."(1) The Travancore " Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions (Amendment ) Ordinance ,1998 (18 of 1998 ), is hereby repealed. ( 2 ) Notwithstanding such repeal , anything done or any action take under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act. |