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The Madhya Pradesh Public Trusts Act, 1951

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The Madhya Pradesh Public Trusts Act, 1951, establishes a regulatory framework to ensure transparency and accountability in the administration of public religious and charitable trusts within the state. It mandates that all such trusts register with the government, maintain proper financial accounts, and undergo annual audits. The Act empowers the Registrar of Public Trusts to oversee these entities, investigate mismanagement, and ensure trust funds are used for their intended purposes. For ordinary citizens, this law is essential as it protects the assets of community-based religious and charitable institutions from misappropriation, ensuring that donations and endowments serve the public good as intended.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title, extent and operation
  3. 2. Definitions
  4. 3. Registrar of public trusts
  5. 4. Registration of public trusts
  6. 5. Inquiry for registration
  7. 6. Findings of the Registrar
  8. 7. Registrar to make entries in the register
  9. 8. Civil suit against the finding of the Registrar
  10. 9. Change
  11. 10. Intimation to the [Collector] about the trust property situated in his district
  12. 11. Public trusts by will
  13. 12. Notice to Registrar in a proceeding in which a document purporting to create a public trust is produced
  14. 13. Investment of public trust money
  15. 14. Provided that the Registrar may, by general or special order, permit the trustee of any public trust or class of such public trust to invest the money in any other manner.
  16. 15. Maintenance of accounts
  17. 16. Balancing and auditing of accounts
  18. 17. The Registrar may direct the payment of such fee as may be prescribed for such special audit and the working trustee or the manager shall be liable to pay the same from the trust property.
  19. 18. Budget
  20. 19. Inspection of the budget, etc
  21. 20. Grant of certified copies
  22. 21. Returns and Statements
  23. 22. Power of the Registrar
  24. 23. Procedure after receipt of the report by the Registrar
  25. 24. Appeal
  26. 25. Filling of vacancies
  27. 26. Application to Court for directions
  28. 27. Court's power to hear application
  29. 28. Officers holding inquiries to have the powers of Civil Court
  30. 29. Inquiry to be judicial inquiries
  31. 30. Civil Procedure Code to apply to proceedings under this Act
  32. 31. Recovery of sums due under sections 23 and 24 or rules
  33. 32. Bar to hear or decide suits
  34. 33. Penalty
  35. 34. Inquiries by Registrar
  36. 35. Rules
  37. 36. Exemption
  38. 37. Saving
  39. 38. Repeal

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