Provision with regard to the Movable and Immovable Properties

of the Temple.-

1[(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any, custom, usage or the provisions of any Law for the time being in force under which the Malai Mahadeshwaraswamy Temple is governed or the provisions of the Karnataka Hindu Religious institutions and charitable endowments Act, 1997 (Karnataka Act 33 of 2001), the ownership, administration and complete management of movable and immovable properties including jewellery and liabilities of the temple shall vest with the State Government from the date of commencement of Sri Malai Mahadeshwaraswamy Kshetra Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2014 and shall be transferred to the authority thereafter.]

¹ Substituted by Act 36 of 2014 w.e.f. 06.09.2014

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2[(2) Subject to sub- section (1) of section 12 on and from the date of commencement of Sri Malai Mahadeswaraswamy Kshethra Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2025 the management of the employees of the Temple shall vest in the Authority.] ]

¹ Substituted by Act 36 of 2014 w.e.f. 06.09.2014

² Substituted by Act 15 of 2026 w.e.f. 08.01.2026

1. (3) It shall be competent for the State Government, by order to make transitory provisions, if in the opinion of the State Government, it is expedient so to do.