Right of access and worship

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in the rules framed thereunder, Hindus and Buddhists of every sect shall have access to the temple and the temple land for the purpose of worship or pindadan. Provide that nothing in this Act shall entitle any person to perform animal sacrifice or to bring any alcoholic liqueur within the temple or on the temple land, or to enter the temple with shoes on. (2) If any person contravenes the provisions of the proviso to sub-Section (1), he shall be punishable with fine not exceeding Rs. 50. At every meeting a financial statement and a report on the work done after the last meeting of the committee (including a resume of the steps taken to implement the previous decisions of the Committee), or proposed to be undertaken in the future, shall be laid.