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Section 56C: Provisions of Chapter VII-A to apply to certain endowments.

Maharashtra Public Trusts Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 29 of 1950

[CHAPTER VII-A

SPECIAL PROVISION AS RESPECTS RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND ENDOWMENTS WHICH VEST IN, OR THE MANAGEMENT OF WHICH VESTS IN, THE STATE GOVERNMENT

(1) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to every temple, mosque or endowment created for a public religious or charitable purpose (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "the endowment"), which vests in, or the management of which vests in, the State Government and which-

(a) has been registered under the provisions of this Act as, or

(b) is declared by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, after such inquiry as it thinks fit, and after previous publication, to be a public trust.

On such declaration such endowment shall be deemed to be a registered public trust for the purposes of this Act and the provisions of Chapter IV relating to the registration of public trusts, shall, as far as may be, apply to the making of entries in the register kept under section 17, provided that such entries shall also conform to the provisions of this Chapter. The entries so made shall be final and conclusive.

(2) The State Government shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Chapter, publish in the Official Gazette, a list of such endowments as are registered as or declared to be, public trusts, and the State Government may, by like notification and in like manner, add to or delete from such list any endowment entered therein.

Where this provision sits

ActMaharashtra Public Trusts Act.
Section56C
Marginal noteProvisions of Chapter VII-A to apply to certain endowments.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • inserted, Bom. 6 of 1960. This Chapter was inserted by Bom. 6 of 1960, s. 29.

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