Management of trust taken over to vest in Government

The Government, or the Committee of management on behalf of the Government, shall take all steps as may be necessary, to efficiently manage and run the Pachaiyappa's trust in accordance with— (i) any law applicable to such trust ; and (ii) the Pachaiyappa's trust scheme ; in so far as such law or the scheme is not inconsistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder and to take into the custody or control of the Government all the property, effects and actionable claims to which the Pachaiyappa's trust is or appears to be entitled, and all the property and effects of the Pachaiyappa's trust shall be deemed to be in the custody of the Government on the date of the commencement of this Act : Provided that the Government or the Committee of management shall not be bound by any liability incurred by the Board of Trustees prior to the date of the commencement of this Act and no such liability shall be enforced by any court whether in execution of a decree or otherwise against the Government or the Committee of management : Provided further that in computing the period of limitation for a suit, or any application for execution of the decree, the time during which the institution of the suit or the execution of the decree is barred under this section shall be excluded. Explanation.—For the purpose of this section, the expression "law" includes any by-law, rule, regulation or any scheme, custom or usage. In section 2 of the principal Act,- (1) in clause (a), the following shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, added at the end, namely :- "which Board of Trustees are also trustees in respect of public trusts specified in the Schedule and also administrators of endowments specified in the Schedule ; "; (2) in clause (c), the following shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, added at the end, namely :- " and includes the Scheduled public trusts and endowments."; (3) in clause (d), the following shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, added at the end, namely :- " and includes any scheme, deed of public trust or any will or deed of endowment or any order of court or decree or any other instrument whatsoever creating or governing the Scheduled public trusts and endowments; "; (4) after clause (d), the following clause shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, inserted, namely :- " (e) " Scheduled public trusts and endowments " means the public trusts and endowments specified in the Schedule to the Act and includes educational institutions, charities and properties under the control of the said public trusts and endowments.".