Religious Endowments Act,1863
Act No : 20
Section :
Cases in which endowments are partly for religious and partly forsecular purposes.
20. Cases in which endowments are partly for religious and partlyfor secular purposes.--In any case in which any land or other propertyhas been granted for the support of an establishment partly of areligious and partly of a secular character, or in which the endowment made for the support of anestablishment is appropriated partly to religious and partly tosecular uses, the Board of Revenue, before transferring to any trustee, manageror superintendent, or to any committee of management appointed underthis Act, shall determine what portion, if any, of the said land orother property shall remain under the superintendence of the saidBoard for application to secular uses. and what portion shall be transferred to the superintendence ofthe trustee, manager or superintendent, or of the committee, and also what annual amount, if any, shall be charged on the landor other property which may be so transferred to the superintendenceof the said trusee, manager or superintendent, or of the committee,and made payable to the said Board or to the local agents for secularuses as aforesaid In every such case the provisions of this Act Shall take effectonly in respect to such land and other property as may be sotransferred.
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