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The Haryana Shri Mata Sheetla Devi Shrine Act, 1991

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This Act provides for the administration, management, and governance of the Shri Mata Sheetla Devi Shrine in Gurgaon, Haryana. It establishes a dedicated Board, headed by the Chief Minister of Haryana, to oversee the shrine's operations, properties, endowments, and funds. The law extinguishes the traditional rights of private priests over shrine offerings, vesting all property and financial management in the Board while offering options for compensation or employment. It applies to shrine administrators, temple staff, priests, devotees, and surrounding properties. By bringing the shrine under state control, the Act ensures proper maintenance, transparent financial accounting, improved facilities for pilgrims, and organized religious services.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title and commencement.
  3. 2. Definitions.
  4. 3. Vesting of Shrine Fund.
  5. 4. Constitution of Board.
  6. 5. Defraying of Shrine Fund.
  7. 6. Incorporation of Board.
  8. 7. Terms of office of member.
  9. 8. Disqualification of Membership of Board.
  10. 9. Dissolution and supersession of Board.
  11. 10. Filling up of vacancies.
  12. 11. Resignation.
  13. 12. Office and meetings of Board.
  14. 13. Appointment of officers and servants of Board.
  15. 14. Members, Officers and servants of the Board to be public servants.
  16. 15. Liability of members.
  17. 16. Alienation of movable and immovable property.
  18. 17. Limitation of borrowing power and lending.
  19. 18. Duties of Board.
  20. 19. Rights of pujaris and other persons.
  21. 20. Preparation and maintenance of registers.
  22. 21. Annual verification of the register.
  23. 22. Inspection of property and documents.
  24. 23. Restriction on registration of documents.
  25. 24. Recovery of immovable property unlawfully alienated.
  26. 25. Removal of encroachment of land and premises belonging to Shrine.
  27. 26. Power to act for protection of Shrine.
  28. 27. Appointment and tenure of Pujari.
  29. 28. Power to suspend, remove or dismiss.
  30. 29. Disqualifications of Pujaris.
  31. 30. Filing of vacancy in the office of Pujari.
  32. 31. Budget of Shrine.
  33. 32. Accounts.
  34. 33. Penalty for refusal by pujaries etc. to comply with the provisions of this Act.
  35. 34. Penalty for wrongful withholding of property belonging to Shrine.
  36. 35. Protection of action taken under this Act.
  37. 36. Power to giver directions.
  38. 37. Power to Government to review.
  39. 38. Power to remove difficulties.
  40. 39. Bar of jurisdiction.
  41. 40. Power to make rules.
  42. 41. Certain enactments to cease to apply to the Shrine.

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