Preamble

Manipor 1- .. ·-- Gazette EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. Imphal, Thursday,. February . 24, ( Phalguna 5, 1898) GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR SECRETARIAT: LAW DEPARTMENT Imphal, the 24th February, No. 2/24(16--Act/Leg. +-The following Act of the Legislature, Manipur which received assent of the Governor, on 22-2-77 is hereby published in the .!,fanipur Gazette. I. BIJOY SINGH, Deputy Secretary (Law) to the Government of Manipur, i .. , ·: i ? ;. t. :?1 '::. . THE LAININGTHOU. SANAMAID TEMPLE ACT, ( Manip?r Act of ) An Act · . .' ... · to make prorisions for. the maintenanre and better adminisrration of {hf!. temple o.fLainingthou Sanamahi at Imphal ana its endowments and for matters connected therewith. BE U enacted by the legislature of Manipur in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows : - . . ,1- 0) J:hi?1 Act may be called the Lainingtbou Sanamabi femple Act, 1976. . , . .. (2).,. 1? shalt come into . force on· such date as the State Govern- ment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Short title and com- mencement .

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, Definitions. (a) .I' "Board" means the Lainingthou Sanamahi Temple Board established and constituted under this Act ; (b) "Deputy Commissioner" means the Deputy Commissioner of Manipur Central District ; (c; "Endowment" means all property, movable or immovable, belonging to any of the deities worshipped in the Temple, or given or endowed in any name for the maintenance or improvement of the Tempie or the mode of worship, or for the .performauce of any service or charity con- nected therewith, and includes,- (i) the Temple, (ii) the idols installed therein, and (iii) the gifts of property or offering made to any of the deities worshipped therein ; (d) ''Executive Officer" means theExecutive Officer of the Temple appointed under this Act ; (e) "Member" means a member of the Lainingthou Sana- mahi Temple Boardand does not include the President ; (f) "Official Gazette:' means the Manipur Gazette ; (g) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made underthis Act; (h) "President" means the President Sanamahi Temple Board ; of the Lainingthou (i) "Specified endowment" means any property, endowment," or money donatedfor the performance of any particular service or any particular charity connected with the temple and any of the idols installed therein ; G) "State Government" means the State Government of Manipur; (k) "Temple" means the temple of Lainingthou Sanamahi at Imphal and includes all appurtenant structures together with all additions thereto or all alterations thereof which, may bemade from time to time after the commence- ment of this Act ; f (1) "Temple-fund" means the endowment and includes au-- sums of money received by oron. behalf of, er for tbe time being held for the benefit of, the Temple or , any deity worshipped therein ; and - (m) "Vice-President" means the Vice-President of the Lai- ningthou Sanamahi Temple Board. -,

.,,, 3. (l) .. The administration c and the governance of the Temple Administra- . and' the Temple fund shall vest in the Lainingtbou Sanamahi Temple tion of the Board constituted under this Act. Temple. · (2). The ownership of the Temple fund shallvest fa the] deity of Lainingthou Sanarnahi, and theBoard shall be en tit!edj to] its possession. 4. ( l) The Lainingthou Sanamahi Temple Board shall be constituted by the State Government consisting of a President, an Ex-officio member and nineother members including the Vice-President. (2) The State Governmentshall appoint, a.;, the Presidentjof the Board, a person whois not disqualified for any ofthe reasons specified in section 6, for a term of three years : Provided that the same person shall not be appointed conse- cutively for more than three terms. ' (3) The Deputy Commissioner shall be the ex-officio member of the Board: Provided that in case the Deputy Commissioner is not a Hindu and or a xanamahi he shall depute the Sub· Divisional Officer of 'either Imphal West or Imphal East Sub-Division or such other officer holding a gazetted class II post, under him who is a Hindu and or a Sanamahi to function on his behalf as the ex-officio member. (4) The State Government shall appoint any member of the Board as the Vice-President thereof. Constitution oftho