Dedication unlawful

(1) The dedication of awomtu.1 as a devadasi, whether before or after the conlinencement of this Act and whether she has consented to such dedication or not, is hereby declared unlawful and void ; and any woman so dedicated shall not thereby be deemed to have become incapable of entering into a valid marriage. Nothing contained in this sub-section shall be deemed to affect the operation of section 34 of the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951 or the rights to which a devadasi is entitled under that section. (2) Any custom or usage prevailing in any Hindu community such as the Bogum, Kalavanthula, Sani, Nagavasulu, Devadasi and Kurmapulu, that a womau. of that com~nunity who gives or es part in any melam (nautch), dancing or music per ormance in the course of any procesaion or otherwise is thereby regarded as having adopted a life of prostitution and becomes incapable of entering into a valid marriage and the performance of any ceremony or act in accordance with any such custom or usage, whether beforz or after the commencement of this Act and whetlier the woman concerned has consented to such perforinance or not, are her&y declared unlawful and void. (3) Dancing by a woman, with or without kumblzaharatlty, in tlie precincts of any temple or other religious institution, or in :my procession of n Hindu deity, idol or object of warship ilistall~d in any such tcmple or instItut:on or at any l'es~ival or ceremony hcld in respect of suc11 n deity, idol or ol~jrct of worship, is hercby declared unlawful.