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The Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1978 (No. 14 of 1978)State Act of Kerala · Act 14 of 1978

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "AdministraL~" means the Administrator appointed under section 14 ; ""

(b) "Commissioner" means an officer not below the rank of Secretary to Government, who professes the Hindu Religion and bclie'les in Temple worship, appomted by the Government, by notification in the Gazette, to be the Commissioner for the purposes ot thir.Act;

(c) "Committee" means the Guruvaj.oor Devaswom Managing Commiuee constituted under section 3 ; ·

(d) "Court" means the District Court ha'\.-lng jurisdiction over the area in which the Temple is situated ; .

(e) "Devaswom" means the Temple, and includes its properties and endowments and the subordinate Temples attached.to it;

(f) "person having intere~t in the Temple" mean.:; a person who i• entitled to attend at, or is m the habit of attending, the performance of wor­ ship or service in the Temple or who is entitled to pll'take, ol'". is in the habit of partab.ing, in the benefit of the distribution of g1fts thereat ;

{g) "prescnbed" meam prescribed by rules made under this Act ;

(h) the express1ons "Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribea" shall have the meanings respcctlVcly assigned to them in the Constitution of Jndia; .,

(i) "Temple" means thC' Srce Krishna Temple at Guruvayocr.

CHAPTI':R II The Committee ' '

Where this provision sits

ActThe Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1978 (No. 14 of 1978)
Section2
Marginal noteDifznitaons
JurisdictionState of Kerala
StatusIn force as published by the source

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