(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the administration of all charitable and Hindu religious institutions and endowments shall be under the general superintendence and control of the Commissioner and such, superintendence and control shall include the power to pass any order which may be deemed necessary to ensure that such institutions and endowments are properly administered and their income is duly appropriated for the purposes for which they were found or exist.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the Commissioner shall exercise the powers conferred on him and perform the functions entrusted to him by or under this Act in respect of such institutions or endowments in the State as are included in the lists published under clause (a), clause (d) and clause (e) of section 6.
Commissioner to be corporate sole.
Powers and functions of Commissioner and Additional Commissioner.
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(3) The powers and functions of the Additional Commissioner shall be such as may be determined by the Government from time to time.
(4) The Commissioner may delegate to a Deputy Commissioner any of the powers conferred on or functions entrusted to the Commissioner by or under this Act including the powers and functions of an Assistant Commissioner which may be exercised or performed by the Commissioner under sub-section (5) but not including the powers and functions of the Commissioner under subsection (1), sections 6, 15, 49, 51, 66, 90, 92 and 132 in respect of any institution or endowment or any class or group of institutions or endowments in the State, subject to such restrictions and control as the Government may, by general or special order lay down and subject also to such limitations and conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order of delegation.
(5) The Commissioner may delegate to an Assistant Commissioner any of the powers conferred on or functions entrusted to the Commissioner by or under this Act except the powers and functions of the Commissioner under subsection (1), sections 6, 15, 49, 51, 66, 90, 92 and 132 in respect of any institution or endowment in the sub-division in charge of the Assistant Commissioner subject to such restrictions and control as the Government may, by general or special order, lay down and subject also to such limitations and conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order of delegation.
(6) Notwithstanding anything in sections 10 and 11, the Commissioner may, by order in writing, declare that the exercise and performance of all or any of the powers or functions by the Deputy Commissioner or the Assistant Commissioner, as the case may be, shall be subject to such exceptions, limitations and conditions as may be specified [Act No. 30 of 1987] 17 in the order and he may himself exercise any power or perform the functions so excepted.
9. Subject to the administrative control of the Commissioner a Regional Joint Commissioner shall exercise such powers and perform such functions of the Commissioner as may, from time to time, be determined by the Government in respect of institutions and endowments in the region and any order passed or proceeding taken by a Regional Joint Commissioner in the exercise of such powers and the performance of such functions shall be deemed to be an order of the Commissioner for the purpose of this Act.
10. Every Deputy Commissioner shall, within the division in his charge exercise the powers conferred on and perform the functions entrusted to a Deputy Commissioner as such by or under this Act in respect of such institutions or endowments as are included in the list published under clause (b) of section 6:
Provided that where a specific endowment is situated in two or more divisions, the Commissioner shall decide as to which of the Deputy Commissioners shall have the jurisdiction to exercise the powers, or perform the functions in respect of such endowment.
11. Every Assistant Commissioner shall, within the subdivision in his charge, exercise the powers conferred on and perform the functions entrusted to, an Assistant Commissioner as such by or under this Act in respect of all institutions and endowments included in the list published under clause (c) of section 6:
Provided that where a specific endowment is situated in two or more sub-divisions, the Commissioner shall decide as to which of the Assistant Commissioner shall have Powers and functions of Regional Joint Commissioner.
Powers and functions of Deputy Commissioner.
Powers and functions of Assistant Commissioner.
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