Notice by court and cost of proceedings

Civil201889 sections

Statutory text

(1) Whenever the trustee of any religious institution is sued in any Civil or Revenue Court in respect of any property belonging to or given or endowed for the purpose of any religious institution, notice of such suit shall be given by the Court concerned to the Board at least a month before commencement of the hearing at the cost of the party filing the suit and upon receipt of the notice the Board may take such steps as it may consider fit for protecting the interest of the institution.
(2) The costs, charges and expenses incidental to all proceedings before the Board or the Tribunal shall be at its discretion and it shall have full power to determine by whom or out of what funds and to what extent such costs, charges and expenses are to be paid: and all sums awarded on account of such costs, charges or expenses shall, on a requisition made by the Board, be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.

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