(1) A registered Singh Sabha may, in relation to any local Gurdwara under its control, decide by a resolution adopted by three–fourth majority of its total membership for affiliating that local Gurdwara to the Committee and if the Committee consents thereto, the said local Gurdwara shall be deemed to be affiliated to the Committee.
(2) All assets and liabilities of the local Gurdwara so affiliated and of the registered Singh Sabha shall thereafter vest in the Committee.
Procedure for affiliation of local Gurdwaras.
48. 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) authorize any interference with the religious or spiritual functions performed in any Gurdwara.
Act not to affect rites and practices of sikh religion.
49. Every member of the Committee, the Executive Board, or any sub-committee, the Commissioner 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,1860 (45 of 1860).
Member, officers and other employees to be public servants.
50. Salary etc. of the Commissioner Gurdwara Elections including Special Commissioner Gurdwara Elections, Joint Commissioner Gurdwara Elections or Deputy Commissioner Gurdwara Elections including the Chairman and members of the Judicial Commission and the allied staff shall be charged from the Haryana Government Treasury:
Provided that all expenditure for conducting elections of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Executive Board or all incidental charges concerned with the elections by the Commission shall be defrayed out of the Haryana Government Treasury.
Salary.
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51. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the members of the Committee or the Executive Board or members of any subcommittee, the Commissioner Gurdwara Elections or any other office bearers or employee of the Commission or any other employee including the employees of the Commission for anything which is done in good faith or intended to be done under this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder.
Power to make rules.