(1) No movable property of n\ln- perishable nature whiclt,)s i~ the posse~sion ot the Committee and the value of which is more than five tfio~~ud rupees and no jewelleries shall be sold, pledged or otherwise ahenat~ .unless it is sanctioned by the Commissioner as being necessary or benefic1~ to the Devallwom.
(2) Any exchange, sale or mortgage and ~ny lea9e of any immovable property belonging to or given or endowed for the purposes of the Devaswom shall be null and void urless it is sanctioned by i~e Commissioner as being necessa1 y or benefic1al to ~the Devaswom. ' "' (3) Before acco1ding fanction under subseLtio~ I) or subsection (2), the Commissioner shall publish the particulars relating )o the proposed trans action in such manner as may be prescribed invitmg obkctrons lUld sugge£ tions w1th re5pect thereto and shall duly consider all object~ns and uggestiol.ll received from the Committee or other persons havmg intere§..t, in the Temple .
. (4) When according sanction under sub section (I) o"f.. sub-section.
(2), the C:.>mmissioner may imp::>sc such conditions and g1vc suc'h-, directions as he may deem necessary regarding the uulisation of the amount'-\aised by the transactirm, the investment thereof and, in the ca~e o[ a m&rtgagt", regarding the discharge of the same withm a resonable period. -,
(5) A copy of the order made by the Commissioner under this sec:\" on shall be commWlicated to the Government and to the Committee and sh I ..._ be published in such manner as may be prescribed. ·
(6) The Committee may, w1thm three month~ from the date of rcce1pt · by it of a copy of the order, and any person having interest in tht. femple may, within three months from the date af publication of the order, mstitute a suit in the Court to modxty the order or set it as1de.
(7) Net withstanding anything contained in sub-section (I), no antrquity belonging to the Devas•vom shall be sold, pledged or other • .,.i,e alienated.
Explanatzon. -For the purposes of this sub section, "antiquity" shall mean-
(a) (i) any coin, sculpture, painting, ep1graph or other w xk of art or craftsmanship , 63
(ii) any ;ll t1cle, object or thing detached from a building or cave ' ( ui) any articl.:: object or thing illustrative of science, art, crafts, literature, religion, customs, morals or politics in bygone age, ;
\ iv) any article, object or t h mg of historical mterest, which has been m existt>nce for not less than one hundred yer: rs ; and
(b) any manuscript, record or other document which i~ cf scientific, lllstorical, hterary or aesthetic value and v.hicb ha~ been m ext~tence for not less than seventy-five years.