Amendment of section 25

Amendment of section 25.- In section 25 of the principal Act,-

1. (i) for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) There shall be constituted by Rajya Dharmika Parishat or Zilla Dharmika parishat a committee of Management consisting of nine members: Provided that the committee of management in respect of notified institutions belonging to religious denomination be constituted by themselves according to the usage and practice prevailing therein as on the date of commencement of the Karnataka Hindu religious institutions and Charitable endowments (Amendment) Act, 2011 and the same shall be recognized by the Rajya Dharmika Parishat or the Zilla Dharmika Parishat as the case may be: Provided further that every Committee of Management or Pancha Committtee or Dharmadarshi Committee or Non-hereditary Trustees constituted or appointed under the repealed Acts who were lawfully holding office shall cease to hold office from the date of the commencement of the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2011."
2. (ii) in sub-section (3),-

1. (a) for the words “prescribed authority”, the words “the Rajya Dharmika Parishat or the Zilla Dharmika Parishat as the case may be” shall be substituted;
2. (b) for clause (iii), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(iii) of the other, two are women and at least one member from among the persons living in the locality of the temple".
3. (c) in sub-clause (iii), for the second proviso, the following shall be substituted, namely:- " Provided further that in case of composite institution members from both Hindu and other religion may be appointed".
   • (iii) in sub-section (4), sub-clause
4. (d) shall be omitted.