(1) No suit for damages, injunction or declaration or for any other relief, no prosecution for any offencc, and no application or other proczeding under the Madras Hindu Religious El~dowments Act, 19264, y:d:tbf or any other law, shall be institutzd in respect of.any 1927.
entry into or worship in any temple whether before or after the commencement of this Act, on the sole ground =[that such entry or worship is by a Hindi1 belonging to a particular caste or sect].
i These words were substituted for the words "enjoyed by Hindus in general,not belonging to theexcluded classes" by section 2 (6) of the Madras Temple Entry Authorization (Amendment) Act, 1949 (Madras Act XI11 of 1949).
2 Thisword was substituted for the word t provincial^ by the Adaptation Order of 1950.
8 These words were substituted for the words "shall not discriminate in any way against the members of the excluded classes ' 9 by section 2 (7) of the MadrasTemple Entry Authorization(Amendment) Act, 1949 (Madras Act XI11 of 1949).
4 Bee now the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endow-$ meats Act, 1959 (Tamil Nadu Act 22 of 1959).
6 These words wsre substituted for the words "that such entry or worship is against the custom or usage wh,ich excludescertain classes of Hindus from such entry or worship by section 2 (8) of tho Wcr,,fr-q Temple Entry Authorization (Amendment) Act, 1949 (Madras Aot XI11 of 1949).
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(2) No suit, prosecution, application or procee- 1 ding of the nature aforesaid, instituted before the commencement of this Act, shall bz continued there- ( after, without the sanction of the l[State] Government.
6. If any question arises as to w ether a place is or :g~;;d; d=idci is not a temple as defined in this A h the question shall I be referred to the l[State] Governm6nt and their decision shall be final subject, however, to any decree passed by a competent Civil Court in a suit filed before it within six months of the date of the decision of the 1 [State] Government.
7. Whoever- Penalties.
4 (i) prevents %[a Hindu] from exercising any right conferred by this Act, or
(ii) molests or obstructs 3[a Hindu] in the exercise of any such righc sl~all be punishable, in the case of a first offence, with fine which may extend to one hund1;ed rupees, and in . the case' of a second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment which mzy extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
4[7-A. All offences putlishable rinder section 7 Offences under shall be cognizable]. section 7 to be cognizable.