The Bihar Hindu Religious Trust (Amendment) Act, 2013
The Bihar Hindu Religious Trust (Amendment) Act, 2013
The Bihar Hindu Religious Trust (Amendment) Act, 2013 updates the framework governing religious trusts across Bihar, with specific operational guidelines for the Bihar State Board of Swetamber Jain Religious Trust. It establishes structured categories of experts, community leaders, legal professionals, and public servants from whom Board members and the President must be nominated. The Act creates mechanisms for seamless administrative continuity by authorizing the appointment of an Administrator whenever a Board completes its term, gets superseded, or faces court invalidation. It also strengthens legislative oversight by mandating that rules and by-laws are presented before the State Legislature. For ordinary citizens and trust devotees, these changes promote structured management, guard against power vacuums, and ensure accountability in handling public religious institutions.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, Extent and commencement .
- 2. Amendment in Section-7 of the Bihar Act, 1 of 1951
- 3. Amendment in Section-8 of the Bihar Act, 1 of 1951
- 4. Substitution of Section 8A of the Bihar Act 1 of 1951.- in the said Act Section 8A
- 5. Deletion of Section-11 of the Bihar Act, 1 of 1951
- 6. Amendment in Section 80 of the Bihar Act, 1 of 1951.- In the said Act sub-section
- 7. Amendment in Section 81A of the Bihar Act, 1 of 1951
- 8. Amendment in Section-82 of the Bihar Act, 1 of 1951
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