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Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Section 12

Title: Penalty for Priests Neglect of Requirements of Section 6

State: Central

Year: 1936

Any priest neglecting to comply with any of the requisitions affecting him contained in section 6 shall, on conviction thereof, be punished for every such offence with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees' or with both.

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....certificate was defective, irregular or incorrect. "Clause 17.- This new clause lays down general principles on which most discreet Judges would act and have acted." CHAPTER III- PARSI MATRIMONIAL COURTS SECTION 18: CONSTITUTION OF SPECIAL COURTS UNDER THE ACT For the purpose of hearing suits under this Act, a special Court shall be constituted in each of the Presidency-towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, and in such other places in the territories of the several[State Governments] as such Governments respectively shall think fit. SECTION 19: PARSI CHIEF MATRIMONIAL COURTS The Court so constituted in each of the Presidency towns shall be entitled the Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court of Calcutta, Madras or Bombay, as the case may be. The local limits of the jurisdiction of a Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court shall be conterminous with the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court. The Chief Justice of the High Court or such other Judge of the same Court, as the Chief Justice shall from time to time appoint, shall be the Judge of such Matrimonial Court, and, in the trial of cases under this Act, he shall be aided14[by five delegates, except in.....

Invalidation of Hindu Ceremonial Emoluments Act, 1926 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1926

.....passing of this Act; It is hereby enacted as follows SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Invalidation of Hindu Ceremonial Emoluments Act, 1926. SECTION 02: EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act shall apply to the whole of the Presidency of Bombay (2) It shall come into operation on the first day of April 1928. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS In this Act "Ceremonial emoluments" means all perquisites, fees and any other dues claimable by any person for religious ceremonials, on account of his being a hereditary priest or an alienee from a hereditary priest. SECTION 04: RIGHT TO CLAIM CEREMONIAL EMOLUMENTS No person shall be entitled to claim, as a matter of right any ceremonial emoluments from any Hindu who does not call in the services of the persons claiming those emoluments. SECTION 05: HEREDITARY PRIEST MAY BE RELIEVED OF HIS OBLIGATION TO PERFORM SERVICES AFTER THIS ACT COMES INTO OPERATION " (i) every hereditary priest who holds no inam land or receives no cash allowance or remuneration for the performance of his services to the village shall be deemed to be relieved of his obligation to perform such services when required by any villager to officiate or to provide.....

Invalidation of Hindu Ceremonial Emoluments Act, 1926 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1926

.....previous sanction of the Governor General required under section 80-A (3) of the Government of India Act has been obtained for the passing of this Act; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 1. Short title :- This Act may be called the Invalidation of Hindu Ceremonial Emoluments Act, 1926. 2. Extent and commencement :- (1) This Act shall apply to the whole of the Presidency of Bombay. (2) It shall come into operation on the first day of April 1928. 3. Definitions :- In this Act - "Ceremonial emoluments" means all perquisites, fees and any other dues claimable by any person for religious ceremonials, on account of his being a hereditary priest or an alienee from a hereditary priest. 4. Right to claim ceremonial emoluments :- No person shall be entitled to claim, as a matter of right, any ceremonial emoluments from any Hindu who does not call in the services of the persons claiming those emoluments. 5. Hereditary priest may be relieved of his obligation to perform services :- After this Act comes into operation - (i) every hereditary priest who holds no inam land or receives no cash allowance or remuneration for the performance of his services to the village shall be.....

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Part II

Title: Marriages Between Parsis

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....for the offence of marrying again during the lifetime of a husband or wife. Section 6 - Certificate and registry of marriage Every marriage contracted under this Act shall, immediately on the solemnization thereof, be certified by the officiating priest in the form contained in Schedule II. The certificate shall be signed by the said priest, the contracting parties,1[***], and two witnesses present at the marriage; and the said priest shall thereupon send such certificate together with a fee of two rupees to be paid by the husband to the Registrar of the place at which such marriage is solemnized. The Registrar on receipt of the certificate and fee shall enter the certificate in a register to be kept by him for that purpose and shall be entitled to retain the fee. ____________________________ 1. The words "or their fathers or guardians when they shall not have completed the age of twenty-one years" omitted by the Parsi Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, 1988, w.e.f. 15-04-1988. Section 7 - Appointment of Registrar For the purposes of this Act a Registrar shall be appointed.Within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of a High Court, the.....

The Eradiction of Unfair Activities at Pandharpur Temples (for Providing Better Facilities for Worship) Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1980

.....FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP) ACT, 1980 THE ERADICTION OF UNFAIR ACTIVITIES AT PANDHARPUR TEMPLES (FOR PROVIDING BETTER FACILITIES FOR WORSHIP) ACT, 1980 ACT No. X OF 1980 This Act received the President's assent on the 19th July, 1980; the assent was first published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette on the 19th July 1980. An Act to eradicate certain unfair activities at Pandharpur Temples in Maharashtra WHEREAS, complaints were received by the State Government regarding mismanagement of Pandharpur Temples in Sholapur District, and the Pandharpur Temples Act, 1973, was, therefore, enacted; inter-alia for acquisition of the hereditary rights and privileges of ministrarits and priestly classes functioning in the Pandharpur Temples and to provide for better administration and governance of these Temples AND WHEREAS, in view of continuous litigation by the interested parties. it has not been possible to bring the provisions of the Act into force, except sections 1 (2), 21 to 31, 33, 34, 38 and 39 thereof AND WHEREAS, it appears that it will take some years to get a final decision of the Court in this matter, where the validity of the Act itself has also been challenged AND.....

Eradication of Unfair Activities at Pandharpur Temples (for Providing Better Facilities for Worship) Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1980

.....of these Temples; AND WHEREAS in view of continuous litigation by the interested parties, it has not been possible to bring the provisions of the Act into force, except sections 1(2), 21 to 31, 33, 34, 38 and 39 thereof; AND WHEREAS it appears that it will take some years to get a final decision of the Court in this matter, where the validity of the Act itself has also been challenged; AND WHEREAS, complaints have been received by Government from a large number of devotees of God Vithoba and Goddess Rukmini visiting the Pandharpur Temples that they are being exploited by the priests at the Temples by demanding unreasonable dakshinas, offerings, donations, gifts, fees or other charges for allowing them to enter the Temples for worshipping or for performing any religious service or ceremonies therein and on failure to meet the demands of the priests the devotees are being insulted, abused or cursed and even molested physically; AND WHEREAS, on account of the aforementioned activities of the priests, there has been great unrest and discontent amongst the millions of devotees visiting the Pandharpur Temples. AND WHEREAS, for these reasons, it is expedient to eradicate the.....

Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1971

.....assets and liabilities of the local Gurdwara so affiliated and of the registered Singh Sabha shall thereafter vest in the Committee. Section35 Act not to affect rites and practices of Sikh religion Nothing contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force shall (a) save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder, affect any honour, emolument or perquisite to which any person is entitled by custom or otherwise in any Gurdwara; (b) authorise any interference with the religious or spiritual functions performed in any Gurdwara. Section36 Members, officers and other employees to be public servants Every member of the Committee, the Executive Board, or any sub-committee, the Director Gurdwara Elections and every other officer and employee of the Committee shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code 45 of 1860. Section37 Salary, etc., of the Director Gurdwara Election to be defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund of India in the first instance (1) The salaries and allowances payable to the Director Gurdwara Elections or to the officers and other.....

Karnataka (Belgaum and Gulbarga Areas) Religious and Charitable Inams Abolition Act, 1973 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Karnataka

Year: 1973

..... (c)1 [Belgaum and Gulbarga Areas] means the areas referred to in clauses(b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the States Re-organisation Act,1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956); (d)''Deputy Commissioner'' includes any officer not below the rank of an AssistantCommissioner authorised by the State Government by notification published in theofficial gazette, to exercise the powers of a Deputy Commissioner under thisAct; (e)"inam'' includes an inam village and a minor inam; (f)''inamdar'' means a religious or charitable institution owning an inam; (g)''inam land'' means land held by or on behalf of a religious or charitableinstitution as an inam and includes land held as Mashruth-ul-Kidmat Madath-a-Mash and also lands endowed as wakf-e-tamal and Wakf-e-nama; (h)''inam village'' means a village or portion of a village or hamlet or khandrigaheld by or on behalf of a religious or charitable institutions as an inam: (i)''land records'' means records maintained under the provisions of or for thepurposes of the Act or any other law relevant for the purposes of this Act; (j)''minor inam'' means an alienated holding other than an inam village, situatedin an alienated.....

The Pandharpur Temples Act, 1973 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....with the approval of the Charity Commissioner, make in that behalf; (u) "pujari" means a person who exercises the hereditary right of performing the actual act of worship (and the Badves cannot prevent the same from being performed), such as, bathing and dressing and undressing the idol, putting on and removing ornaments, flowers, garlands and sandal paste and waving the arti or offering naivedya to the idol at the relevant time of performing nitya or daily or naimittik or occasional services in the Temple of God Vitthal, and of appropriating or receiving income including Ovalni or waved offering whether deposited or given to the pujari (after dakshina is deposited) from the exercise of such hereditary right and privileges being a hereditary right and privilege recognised by the decision of the High Court in Gangaram Babaji Badve and others vs. Banaji Shankar and others (Appeal No. 90 of 1886) 1891 P. J. 182 ; and includes any other rights and privileges claimed or exercised under any order or decree of any court or otherwise; (v) "paricharak" means a person who exercises the hereditary right of being present at the early light waving or kakadarthi, of taking the torch from the.....