THE DURGAH KHAWAJA SAHEB ACT, 1955 THE DURGAH KHAWAJA SAHEB ACT, 1955 ACT NO.36 OF 1955 [14th October, 1955] An Act to make provision for the proper administration of the Durgah and the Endowment of the Durgah of Khawaja Moin-ud-din Chishti, generally known as Durgah Khawaja Saheb, Ajmer. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- 1.Short title and Commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act, 1955. (2) It shall come into force on such date {1st March,1956, vide notification No.S.R.O.482, dated 24-2-1956, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sec.3, page 333.} as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2.Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Chief Commissioner" means the Chief Commissioner of Ajmer, acting in his individual capacity; (b) "Committee" means the Committee constituted under section 4; (c) "Durgah" means the institution known as the Durgah Khawaja Saheb, Ajmer, and includes the premises called the Durgah Sharif with all buildings contained therein, together with all additions thereto or all.....
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