Hereditary priest may be relieved of his obligation to perform services.

After this Act comes into operation-

1. (i) every hereditary priest who holds no inam land or receives no cash allowance as remuneration for the performance of his services to the village shall be deemed to be relieved of his obligation to perform such services when required by any villager to officiate or to provide a substitute to officiate at any religious ceremony in the village.
2. (ii) a hereditary priest who holds inam lands or receives a cash allowance as remuneration for the performance of his services shall, at his option, on written application to the Collector, be relieved of his obligation to perform such services when required by any villager to officiate or to provide a substitute to officiate at any religious ceremony in the village if he agrees to pay full revenue assessment on his inam lands or, as the case may be, to forego his cash allowance; provided that such option shall be allowed to be exercised once only in the case of each inam grant.