REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 71] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 34, 1974/ASVINA 2, 1896 Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 24th September, 1974/Asvina 2, 1896 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 23rd September, 1974, and is hereby published for general information: — THE DELHI SIKH GURDWARAS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1974 No. 46 OF 1974. [23rd September, 1974] An Act to amend the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the 'Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1974. Short title. 83 of 1971. 2. In section 10 of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (1), in clause (m),—
(a) for the words "read or write", the words "read and write" shall be substituted;
(b) in the Explanation, for the Words "prescribed by regulations", the words "prescribed by rules" shall be substituted. Amendment of section 10.
3. In section 16 of the principal Act, in sub-section (7), for the words "membership of the Executive Board", the words "office of the President, any other office-bearer or member of the Executive Board" shall be substituted. Amendment of section 18.
(727) 728 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAHT II—S»C. 1] Insertion of new section
19A. Power to convene another meeting for election of officebearers. Amendment of section 32. Amendment of section 3fl. Amendment of section 40.
4. After section 16 of the principal Act, the following section be inserted, namely: — shall "18A. (1) If the Committee at its first meeting is unable to elect a pro tempore Chairman or a President or any other officebearer or member of the Executive Board under subjection (4) of section 15 or" sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 16, the Director Gurdwara Elections shall summon another meeting of the Committee, being not later than fifteen days from the date of the first meeting, for the election of the pro tempore Chairman, the President or the remaining office-bearers or members of the Executive Board, as the case may be.
(2) The provisions of sections 15 and 16 shall, so far as may be, apply to the conduct of election under sub-section (1).".
5. (1) In section 32 of the principal Act, clause (a) and clause (b) shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, omitted.
(2) The electoral roll prepared and finally published for the conduct of election to the first Committee in pursuance of section 7 of the principal Act read with the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (Registration of Electors) Rules, 1973 made under section 39 of the principal Act shall not be called in question merely on the ground of omission of clause (a) or clause (b) of section 32 of the principal Act and the said electoral roll shall be as valid and effective as if it had been prepared and finally published in pursuance of the provisions of the principal Act as amended by this Act.
6. In section 39 of the principal Act,—
(a) in sub-section (2), after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: — "(ad) the manner and the criterion for deciding whether a candidate for election as a member of the Committee is able to, read and write Gurmukhi;";
(b) in sub-section (4), for the words "two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following,", the words "two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid," shall be substituted.
7. In section 40 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), clause (a) shall be omitted. K. K. SUNDARAM, Secy, to the Govt. of India. PRINTED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1974