(1) The trustee or other person incharge of the management of every charitable or religious institution or endowment shall, in the case or an institution or endowment in existence at the commencement of this Act, within ninety days from such commencement; and in the case of an institution or endowment found after such commencement, within ninety days of such founding make an application for its registration to the Assistant Commissioner within whose sub-division such institution or endowment is situated:
Provided that the Assistant Commissioner may, for sufficient cause, extend the time for making the application.
(2) (a) Where an endowment is situated in the subdivisions of two or more Assistant Commissioners, the trustee of other persons incharge of the management of the endowment shall apply for registration to any one of such Assistant Commissioners;
(b) On receipt of such application, the Assistant Commissioner concerned shall refer the matter to the Commissioner who will decide as to which of the Assistant Commissioners shall register the endowment and there upon the application shall be entertained by such Assistant Commissioner.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), no application for registration shall be necessary in the case of any institution or endowment which was duly registered and entered in the book of endowments, before the commencement of this Act, under 43a[the Andhra Pradesh
43a. Repealed by Act No.30 of 1987.
Registration of Charitable and Religious Institutions and Endowments.
Act 17 of 1966.
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(4) Every application made under sub-section (1) shall contain the following particulars, namely,—
(a) in the case of a religious institution or endowment, its origin, nature and denomination; in the case of a charitable institution or endowment, its date of commencement, objects, nature and particulars regarding beneficiaries, if any;
(b) name of the founder, if any, and the names of the past and present trustees;
(c) particulars of the institution or endowment and of the grant, the scheme of administration, munta-kab, decree or any other record of rights pertaining to the founding of the institution or endowment;
(d) names of all offices to which any salary is attached and the nature, time and conditions of service in each case and the names of the present holders thereof;
(e) names of Sthanacharyas, archakas, adhyapakas, Vedaparayanikas and such other persons, responsible for performing worship and other religious service in the institution and the particulars regarding their salaries;
(f) particulars of the immovable and movable properties including jewels, gold, silver, precious stones, vessels and utensils belonging to the institution or endowment with their estimated value and the moneys and securities and of the annual income therefrom;
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(g) particulars of all title-deeds and other documents, relating to the properties belonging to the institution or endowment;
(h) in the case of religious institution, particulars of the idols and other images i