Section 9

(1) The Tamil Nadu Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 (Tamil Nadu Act VIII of 1923), as amended by sub-section (2) is hereby extended to, and shall be in force in the transferred territory; and sections 4 to 8 shall apply in relation to that Act as if it had been included in the Schedule. (2) The Act aforesaid shall be amended as follows, that is to say, in section 2, after clause (ix), the following clause shall be added as clause (x), namely :- (x) 'village headman' and 'village-accountant' in relation to the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district respectively include 'village officer' and 'village assistant.' (3) The Tamil Nadu Animals and Birds Sacrifices Prohibition Act, 1950 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXII of 1950), as amended by sub-section (4) is hereby extended to, and shall be in force in, the transferred territory; and sections 4 to 8 shall apply in relation to that Act as if it had been included in the Schedule. (4) The Act aforesaid shall be amended as follows, that is to say, for clause (c) of section 2, the following clause shall be substituted, namely :- (c) 'temple' means, in any area in the State elsewhere than in the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district, a temple as defined in section 6, clause (17) of the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951 (Madras Act XIX of 1951), and in any area in the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district, a temple as defined in section 2, clause (1) of the Travancore-Cochin Temple Entry (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1950 (Travancore-Cochin Act XXVII of 1950).