Keyword(s):
Hindu, Religion, Devaswom Properties
THE TRAVANCORE-COCHIN HINDU RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1994 [1]
(ACT 3 OF 1994)
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 purposes hereinafter appearing;
BE it enacted in the Forty-fifth year of the Republic of India as follows:—
- Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the TravancoreCochin Hindu Religious Institutions (Amendment) Act, 1994.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 4th day of October,
1993. - 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 into Hindu
religion and professes Hindu religion and believes in God and temple
worship:”. - Amendment of section 4.—After sub-section (1) of section 4 of the principal
Act, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—
“(1A) Each of the Hindus among the Council of Ministers shall, before
making the nomination under sub-section (1), deliver to the authority specified by
the Government in this behalf a declaration signed by him to the effect that he
professes the Hindu religion and believes in God and temple worship”. - Amendment of section 5.—To section 5 of the principal Act, the following shall
be added at the end, 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.” - Amendment of section 61.—In section 61 of the principal Act, for the opening
paragraph of clause (4A), the following shall be substituted, namely
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