Amendment of section 2

Amendment of section 2.- In section 2 of the principal Act,-

1. (1) for clause (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) “Architectural committee” means the Architectural committee constituted under Section 69D”.
2. (2) for clause (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(5) “Charitable Endowment” means all property given or endowed for any religious charitable purpose.”
3. (3) for clause (6), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(6) “Charitable Institution” means any establishment, undertaking, organisaton or association formed for a charitable purpose and includes specific endowment and Dharmadayam.”
4. (4) after clause (10), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(10A) “Composite Institution” means and include an institution of religious and charitable endowment or place of worship of Hindus and other religion commonly and jointly worshipped by Hindus and other religion according to the custom, tradition and usage prevailing there in.”
5. (5) after clause (12), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(12A) “Dharmika Parishat” means the Rajya Dharmika Parishat constituted under section 20 or Zilla Dharmika Parishat constituted under section 21 as the case may be.”
6. (6) after clause (14), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(14A) “Endowment Survey Officer” means the endowment Survey Officer appointed under section 3. “(14B) “Family Temple” means any temple established or maintained exclusively by the members of any family either by themselves or family trustees consisting of family members only. (14C) “Family Charitable Endowment” means any Charitable Institution established and maintained exclusively by the funds of a family or by the members of the family which is not receiving any donation or contribution from public in whatever form.”
7. (7) in clause (15), after the words “law of succession for the time being in force”, the words “or declared as such by any court of law or by the statutory authority under any enactment or recorded as such under any enactment shall be inserted.”
8. (8) for clause (16), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(16) “Hindu Religious Denomination” means a collection of Hindu Individuals or devotees classed together under the same name, a Hindu religious section or sub-section or body or a section thereof or the spiritual fraternity represented by it having a common faith, rituals, observances, ceremonies and mode of worship which is designated by a distinctive name.”
9. (9) for clause (17), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(17) “Religious Institution” means a temple or an endowment and includes a brindavana, samadhi, peetha, paduka or any other institution established or maintained for a religious purpose.”
10. (10) after clause (19), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(19A) “Math” means a religious institution presided over by a person whose principal duty is to engage himself, in teaching and propagation of religion, teachings and philosophy of the denomination, sect or sampradaya to which the Math belongs and in imparting religious instruction and training and rendering spiritual service who exercises or claims to exercise spiritual headship over a body of disciples and includes any place or places of religious worship, instruction or training which are pertinent to the institution including religious institutions attached either religiously or administratively to the Maths.”
11. (11) in clause (23), the words “other than an institution which is an inseparable integral part of a composite institution consisting of institutions other than religious institutions also” shall be omitted.
12. (12) for clause (27), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(27) “Temple” means a place by whatever name called, used as a place of public religious worship having separate existence and dedicated to or for the benefit of or used as of right by the Hindu Community or any section thereof as a place of public religious worship and includes a Mandira, Samadhi, Brindavana, Gadduge, Shrine, Sub-shrine, Utsav Mantapa, tank, Paduka-peetha, Daivasthana, Gudi, Garodi or other necessary appurtenances, structures and land.”