Religious Endowments Act,1863
Act No : 20
Section :
Procedure in case of dispute as to right of succession to vacatedtrusteeship.Powers of managers appointed by Court.
5*5. Procedure in case of dispute as to right of succession tovacated trusteeship.--Whenever from any cause a vacancy shall occur inthe office of any trustee, manager or superintendent, to whom anyproperty shall have been transferred under the last preceding section,and any dispute shall arise respecting the right of succession to suchoffice, it shall be lawful for any person interested in---------------------------------------------------------------------1. The words and figures "and whereas it is expedient for that purpose to repeal so much of Regulation 19,1810, of the Bengal Code, and 7, 1817, of the Madras Code, as relate to endowments for the support of mosques, Hindu temples or other religious purposes", rep. by Act 16 of 1874, s. 1 and Sch.2. The clauses relating to "number" and "gender" rep. by Act 10 of 1914, s. 3 and Sch. II.3. Ins. by Act 21 of 1925, s. 2.4. Subs by Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and Sch. II, for "section 1".5. S. 5 shall not apply to any wakf to which the Wakf Act, 1954 (29 of 1954) applies.250the mosque, temple or religious establishment to which such propertyshall belong, or in the performance of the worship or of the servicethereof, or the trusts relating thereto, to apply to the Civil Courtto appoint a manager of such mosque, temple or other religiousestablishment, and thereupon such Court may appoint such manager toact until some other person shall by suit have established his rightof succession to such office. Powers of managers appointed by Court.--The manager so appointedby the Civil Court shall have and shall exercise all the powers which,under this or any other Act, the former trustee, manager orsuperintendent, in whose place such manager is appointed by the Court,had or could exercise in relation to such mosque, temple or religiousestablishment, or the property belonging thereto.
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