(1) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as, or for being, trustee of any charitable or religious institution or endowment.
(a) if he is an undischarged insolvent;
(b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court or if he is a deaf-mute or is suffering from leprosy or any virulent contagious disease;
(c) if he is interested either directly or indirectly in a subsisting lease of any property or of contract made, with, or any work being done for, the institution or endowment or is in arrears of any kind due by him to such institution or endowment;
(d) if he is appearing as a legal practitioner on behalf of or against the institution or endowment;
(e) if he has been sentenced by a criminal court for an offence involving moral turpitude, such sentence not having been reversed;
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(f) if he has acted adverse to the interest of the institution or endowment;
(g) if he is an office holder or servant attached to, or a person in receipt of any emolument or prerequisite from such institution or endowment;
(h) if he is addicted to intoxicating liquors or drugs;
(i) if he has not completed 31[thirty years] age;
Provided that nothing in this clauses shall apply to the trustee holding office immediately before the commencement of this Act;
32[Provided further, that every trustee who is below thirty years at the commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2000 shall cease to hold office after the completion of his term of office.]
(j) if he does not profess Hindu religion in the case of religious institution or endowment; or
(k) if he has held such office for two consecutive terms;
33[Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to the founder or a member of the family of the founder who has been appointed as Trustee.]
Explanation:- The expression ‗term‘ includes a part of the term.
31. Substituted by Act No.29 of 2000.
32. Second proviso to clause (i) added by Act No.29 of 2000.
33. Proviso added by Act No.27 of 2002.
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(2) Before a trustee enters upon his office the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner or any other person authorized by him in this behalf shall administer to him the oath of office and secrecy as may be prescribed.
(3) Any such trustee who fails to take, within thirty days from the date on which he was appointed, the oath of office and secrecy laid down in sub-section (2), shall cease to hold office.