Amendment of section 63

Amendment of section 63.- For section 63 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- "63. Constitution of the Cochin Devaswom Board.-

1. (1) The Board referred to in sub-section
2. (1) of section 62 shall consist of three Hindu members of whom, one shall be a woman and one shall be a person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe. Explanation :- For the purpose of this section, "Scheduled Caste" and "Scheduled Tribe" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to them in clauses
3. (24) and
4. (25) respectively of Article 366 of the Constitution of India.
5. (2) Of the three members specified in sub-section (1), the woman member and the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe member shall be nominated by the Hindus among the Council of Ministers and the other member shall be elected by the Hindus among the Members of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kerala.".