Sanction for institution or continuance of suits, prosecutions, etc.

(1) No suit for damages, injunction or declaration or for any other relief, no prosecution for any offence, and no application or other proceeding under the Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1926, or any other law, shall be instituted in respect of any entry into or worship in any temple whether before or after the commencement of this Act, on the sole ground that such entry or worship is by a Hindu belonging to a particular caste or sect. (2) No suit, prosecution, application or proceeding of the nature aforesaid, instituted before the commencement of this Act, shall be continued thereafter, without the sanction of the State Government.