SIKH GURDWARAS ACT, 1925

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Sikh Gurdwaras 
1925: Act VIII 
CONTENTS 
PART I 
CHAPTER I 
Preliminary 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
CHAPTER II 
Petitions to Provincial Government 
relating to gurdwaras 
3. List of property of scheduled Gurdwara to be forwarded to the Provincial 
Government. 
Declaration of scheduled Gurdwara and publication of list forwarded 
under sub-section (1) in a consolidated list. 
Notices of claims to property entered in the consolidated list to be sent 
to persons shown as in possession. 
Effect of publication of declaration and consolidated list under sub -
section (2). 
4. Effect of omission to forward a list under section 3. 
5. Petitions of claim to property included in a consolidated list. 
Signing and verification of petitions under sub-section (1). 
Notification of property not claimed under sub -section (1), and effect of 
such notification. 
6. Claim for compensation by a hereditary office -holder of a Notified Sikh  
Gurdwara or his presumptive successor. 
Signing and verification of petitions under sub-section (1). 
7. Petition to have a gurdwara declared a Sikh Gurdwara. 
List of p roperty claimed for the gurdwara and of persons in possession 
thereof to accompany a petition under sub-section (1). 
Publication of petition and list received under sub-sections (1) and (2). 
THE SIKH GURDWARAS ACT, 1925 
(VIII of 1925) 
 
Notice of claims to property to be sent to persons shown in the list as in 
possession. 
Effect of publication of petition and list under sub-section (3). 
8. Petition to have it declared that a plac e asserted to be a Sikh Gurdwara 
is not such a gurdwara. 
9. Effect of omission to present a petition under section 8. 
Effect of publication of a notification under sub-section (1). 
 10. Petition of claim to property included in a list published under sub -
section (3) of section 7. 
Signing and verification of petitions under sub-section (1). 
Notification of property not claimed under sub -section (1), and effect of 
such notification. 
 11. Claim for compensation by a hereditary office -holder of a gurdwara 
notified under section 7 or his presumptive successor. 
Signing and verification of petitions under sub-section (1). 
CHAPTER III 
Appointment of and proceedings 
before a tribunal 
 12. Constitution and procedure of tribunal for the purposes of the Act. 
 13. Procedure on difference of opinion. 
 14. Tribunal to dispose of petitions under sections 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11. 
 15. Power of tribunal to join parties and award costs. 
 16. Issue as to whether a gurdwara is a Sikh Gurdwara to be decided first 
and how issue is to be decided. 
 17. Notification of Sikh Gurdwara on finding of tribunal. 
 18. Presumption in favour of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara on proof of certain 
facts when a claim to property is made by an office-holder. 
 19. Adjudication by tribunal upon agreements made between office -holder 
and persons acting on behalf of a Sikh Gurdwara. 
 20. Claim for compensation by a hereditary office -holder who has resigned 
or been dismissed. 
 21. Claim for compensation by person alleging ri ght to nominate office -
holder of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara. 
 22. Matters for consideration in awarding compensation. 
 23. Compensation to be paid annually out of income of gurdwara. 
 24. Payment to heirs of person compensated. 
 25. Manner in which compensation is to be paid and recovered if not duly 
paid. 
25-A. Power of tribunal to pass decrees for possession in favour of the 
committees of Gurdwaras. 
 26. Entry of rights of gurdwara in revenue records. 
 27. Treatment of property dedicated to a Notified Sikh Gurdwara but under 
management of trustees. 
 28. Suits for possession of undisputed property on behalf of Notified Sikh 
Gurdwaras. 
 29. Exclusion of jurisdiction of the courts. 
 30. Decision by courts on certain claims in certain circumstances. 
 31. Courts not to continue certain proceedings pending decision as to 
whether a place is or is not a Sikh Gurdwara. 
 32. Transfer of suits pending in courts. 
 33. Disputes relating to rights of office -holder after a year from 
commencement of Act. 
 34. Appeal against orders of a tribunal. 
 35. Court-fees. 
 36. No court to take cognizance of manner in which the Provincial 
Government or tribunal exercises its power under the Act. 
 37. Courts not to pass an order or grant or execute a decree inconsistent with 
decision of a tribunal. 
PART II 
CHAPTER IV 
Application of provisions of Part III to gurdwaras found 
to be Sikh Gurdwaras by Courts other than a 
Tribunal under the provisions of the Act 
 38. Recourse to ordinary  courts in cases where action has not been taken 
under Part I with a view to application of provisions of Part III to a 
gurdwara. 
PART III 
CHAPTER V 
Control of Sikh Gurdwaras 
 39. Suits for relief claimable by application under this Act, barred. 
 40. Board, Committees and Commission to be constituted for the purposes 
of this Act. 
 41. Control of Sikh Gurdwaras. 
CHAPTER VI 
The Board 
 42. Name of Board. 
 43. Composition and constitution of the Board. 
 44. Constituencies for election of members of Board. 
 45. Qualifications of elected members. 
 46. Qualifications of nominated members. 
 47. Date of Board elections. 
 48. Electoral roll. 
 49. Qualifications of electors. 
 50. Right to vote. 
 51. Term of membership. 
 52. Effect of subsequent disability to serve as member of Board. 
 53. Vacancy in Board, how to be filled. 
 54. First meeting of the Board. 
 55. Annual general meeting. 
 56. Notice of meeting. 
 57. Power of members to call meeting. 
 58. Office of Board. 
 59. Quorum of Board in general meeting. 
 60. Chairman at meetings of the Board. 
 61. Decision of questions before Board. 
 62. Office-bearers and executive committee of Board. 
 63. Annual election of executive committee. 
 64. Powers of executive committee of Board. 
 65. Vacancy in executive committee, how to be filled. 
 66. Member of a committee of management not to be member of executive 
committee of Board. 
 67. Resignation of member of executive committee. 
 68. Remuneration of members of executive committee. 
 69. Servants of the Board; their appointment and punishment. 
CHAPTER VII 
The Judicial Commission 
 70. The Judicial Commission. 
 71. Appointment of members of the Commission. 
 72. Member of the Board or of a committee to resign i f appointed a member 
of Commission. 
 73. Remuneration of members of the Commission. 
 74. Officers and servants of the Commission. 
 75. Expenses to be shared by Government and Board. 
 76. Jurisdiction and procedure of Commission. 
 77. Court and office of Commission. 
 78. Vacancy in Commission. 
 79. Removal of member of Commission. 
 80. Election of president of Commission. 
 81. Settlement of difference of opinion in Commission. 
 82. Costs in proceedings may be made payable out of income of Sikh 
Gurdwara. 
 83. Dissolution of Commission. 
 84. Decision as to whether a person is or is not a patit. 
CHAPTER VIII 
Committees of gurdwaras 
 85. Constitution of committees of management of certain gurdwaras. 
 86. Committees of gurdwaras other than those specified in section 85. 
86-A. Member of committee not to be member of the executive committee of 
the Board. 
 87. Constitution of committee not specially provided for. 
 88. Constitution of committees; publica tion of constitution and effect 
thereof. 
 89. Election of members. 
 90. Qualification for election to a committee. 
 91. Qualification for nomination to a committee. 
 92. Qualification of electors. 
 93. Right to vote. 
 94. Period of continuance of committees. 
 94.A. Incorporation of committees. 
 95. Effect of subsequent disability to serve as a member of a Committee. 
 96. Vacancies in committees other than those specified in section 85. 
 97. Vacancies in committees specified in section 85. 
 98. Committees to meet at least three times a year. 
 99. Notice of meetings. 
 100. Quorum of committee. 
 101. Presidents and Vice-Presidents of committees. 
 102. Decisions of questions before committees. 
 103. Minutes to be recorded. 
 104. Resignation of president and members of committee. 
 105. Exclusion of Board acting as committee from operation of this chapter. 
CHAPTER IX 
Finances 
 106. Object on which the funds of a Gurdwara may be spent. 
 107. Annual contribution to Board. 
 108. Formation of General Board Fund. 
 109. Funds transferred to  Board by Shromani Gurdwara Parbandhak 
Committee. 
 110. Funds held in Trust by the Board for specified purposes. 
 111. General Trust Fund. 
 112. Separate funds to be maintained for each trust. 
 113. Trust Funds to be deposited in banks. 
 114. Board to maintain accounts of all Trust funds and of General Board 
Fund. 
 115. Audit of accounts. 
 116. Auditor’s report. 
 117. Board to consider auditor’s report. 
 118. Payment of expenses of audit. 
 119. Budget of Board. 
 120. Accounts to be maintained by committees. 
 121. Audit of committee’s accounts. 
 122. Report of auditor. 
 123. Budget of committees. 
 124. Recovery of contributions. 
CHAPTER X 
Powers and duties of the board 
 125. Powers and duties of the Board generally. 
 126. Restriction of powers of the Board. 
 127. Board may hold and administer Trusts. 
 128. Control by Board over Executive Committees. 
 129. What matters may be discussed by Board in general meeting. 
 130. Settling of schemes of administration. 
 131. Exclusion of Board acting as committee from operation of section 130. 
 132. Power of Board to make bye-laws. 
CHAPTER XI 
Powers and duties of committees 
 133. General powers of committees. 
 134. Powers of committee to dismiss office-holders. 
 135. Procedure when hereditary office-holder or minister is dismissed. 
 136. Appointment of ministers and office-holders. 
 137. Registers to be kept for gurdwaras. 
 138. Alienation of immovable Trust property. 
 139. Power of committee to make regulations. 
 140. Power of committee to make regulations reofferings at Sikh Gurdwaras. 
CHAPTER XII 
Miscellaneous 
 141. Salaries of office-holders to be their property. 
 142. Right of interested persons to complain to commission in respect of 
misfeasance, etc. 
 143. Notice of application to be given. 
 144. Government not to interfere with gurdwaras except as provided by this 
Act or any other Act. 
 145. Act of Board or committee not to be invalidated by informality 
 146. Power of Provincial Government to make rules. 
 147. Powers of the Provincial Government to invest with judicial powers 
officers appointed to enquire into conduct of elections. 
 148. Language of the Commission. 
SCHEDULE I 
[see sections 3 and 89] 
SCHEDULE II 
[see section 7] 
SCHEDULE III 
[see section 35] 
SCHEDULE IV 
[see section 44] 
 
 
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THE SIKH GURDWARAS ACT, 1925 
(VIII of 1925) 
[7 August 1925] 
An 
Act 
to provide for the better administration of certain Sikh Gurdwaras and for inquiries into 
matters connected therewith. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the better administration of certain Sikh 
Gurdwaras and for inquiries into matters and settlement of disputes connected therewith, 
and whereas the previous sanction of the Governor -General has been obtained to the 
passing of this Act, it is hereby enacted as follows:– 
PART I 
CHAPTER I 
Preliminary 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the Sikh 
Gurdwaras Act, 1925. 
 (2) It extends to the Punjab. 
 (3) It shall come into force on such date
2
 as the 
3
[Provincial Government] may by 
notification appoint in this behalf. 
 (4) The Sikh Gurdwaras and Shrines Act, 1922, is hereby repealed. 
2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or 
context– 
(1) “Board” means the Board constituted under the provisions of Part III. 
(2) “Commission” means the Judicial Commission constituted under the 
provisions of Part III. 
(3) 
4
[(i)] “Committee” means a committee of management constituted under the 
provisions of Part III. 
5
[(ii) “local committee” means a committee constituted under the provisions 
of section 85;] 
 (4) (i) “Office” means any office by virtue of which the holder thereof participates 
in the management or performance of public worship in a G urdwara or in the 
                                                           
1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Gazette, 1925, Extraordinary, dated 25 th April, 1925; for the Report of the Select 
Committee, see Punjab Gazette, 1925, Extraordinary, dated 20 th June, 1925, and for Proceedings in Council, see Punjab Legislative 
Council Debates, Volume VIII, pp. 1102 -21, 1155 and 1295 -97. The Act which was assented by the Acting Governor -General on the 
28th July 1925 and published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated August 7, 1925, at pp. 494-543. 
2This Act came into force on first day of November 1925, vide Notification No.4288-S, dated 12th October 1925, published in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part I, dated October 16, 1925, at pp. 712-713. 
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the G overnment of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the 
Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
4Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI  of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
Feburary 06, 1945, pp. 19 -23, clause (a) of s. 2 and it cancelled the Punjab Government Notification No. 426 -Leg., dated January 17, 
1945, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10. 
5Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
Feburary 06, 1945, pp. 19-23, clause (a) of s. 2.  
management or performance of any rituals or ceremonies observed therein: and 
“office-holder” means any person who holds an office. 
(ii) “Present office-holder” means a person who, on the commencement of 
this Act, holds an office.  
(iii) “Past office -holder” means a person who has been an office -holder 
but ceased to be an office -holder before the commencement of this 
Act.  
(iv) “Hereditary office” means an office the succession to which before the 
first day of January 1920 devolved, accordi ng to hereditary right or by 
nomination by the office -holder for the time being, and “hereditary 
office-holder” means the holder of a hereditary office.  
(v) “Present hereditary office -holder” means a person who on the 
commencement of this Act is a hereditary office-holder. 
(vi) “Past hereditary office -holder” means a person who has been a 
hereditary office-holder but ceased to be such office -holder before the 
commencement of this Act. 
(vii) “Minister” means an office -holder to whom either solely or along w ith 
other the control of the management or performance of public worship 
in a gurdwara and of the rituals and ceremonies, observed therein is 
entrusted. 
(5) “Police Station area” means a local area specified by the  
1
[Provincial 
Government] under the provisions of clause(s) of sub -section (1) of section 4 of the 
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. 
(6) “Prescribed” means prescribed by the 
2
[Provincial Government] by rules made 
under this Act. 
(7) “Presumptive successor” where the succession to the office devolv es 
according to hereditary right, means the person next in succession to a hereditary 
office-holder, or, where the succession to the office devolves by nomination made by 
the hereditary office-holder for the time being, means any chela so nominated before 
the first day of December,1924. 
(8) “Resident” in any place means any person having a fixed place of abode or 
owning immovable property or cultivating land or practising a profession, or carrying 
on business, or personally working for gain, in that place. 
3
[(9) “Sikh” means a person who professes the Sikh religion, or, in the case of a 
deceased person, who professed the Sikh religion or was known to be a Sikh during 
his life time. If any question arises as to whether any living person is or is not a Sikh, 
he shall be deemed respectively to be or not to be a Sikh according as he makes or 
refuses to make in such manner as the 
4
[Provincial Government] may prescribe the 
following declaration:-  
‘I solemnly affirm that I am a Sikh, that I believe in the Guru Gran th Sahib, that I 
believe in the Ten Gurus and that I have no other religion.’] 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
2Ibid. 
3Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act,  1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 2. 
4Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indi an Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
1
[(10) “Amritdhari Sikh” means and includes every person who has taken khande -
ka-amrit or khanda pahul prepared and administered according to the tenets of Sikh 
religion and rites, at the hands of five pyaras or ‘beloved ones’;  
(11) “Patit” means a person who being a keshadhari Sikh trims or shaves his 
beard or keshas or who after taking amrit commits any one or more of the kurahits.]  
2
[(12)] “Notified Sikh Gurdwara” means any Gurdwara declared by notification by the 
3
[Provincial Government] under the provisions of this Act to be a Sikh Gurdwara. 
4
[(13)] “Treasury” means a Government Treasury or sub -treasury and includes any 
bank to which the Government Treasury business has been made over. 
5
[(14)] “Tribunal” means a tribunal constituted under the provisions of section 12.  
CHAPTER II 
Petitions to 
6
[Provincial Government] 
relating to gurdwaras 
3.  List of property of scheduled Gurdwara to be forwarded to the 
7
[Provincial 
Government].– (1) Any Sikh or any present office -holder of a gurdwara specified in 
Schedule I may forward to the 
8
[Provincial Government] through 
9
[the appropriate Secretary 
to Government], so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days from the commencement of 
this Act, a list, signed and verified by himself, of all rights, titles or interests in immovable 
properties situated in the Punjab inclusive of the gurdwara and in all monetary endowments 
yielding recurring income or profit received in the Punjab which he claims to belong, within 
his knowledge, to the gurdwara; the name of the person in possession of any such right, title 
or interest, and if any such person is insane or a minor, the name of his legal or natural 
guardian, or if there is no such guardian, the  name of the person with whom the insane 
person or minor resides or is residing, or if there is no such person, the name of the person 
actually or constructively in possession of such right, title or interest on behalf of the insane 
person or minor, and if  any such right, title or interest is alleged to be in possession of the 
gurdwara through any person, the name of such person, shall be stated in the list: and the 
list shall be in such form and shall contain such further particulars as may be prescribed. 
 (2) Declaration of scheduled Gurdwara and publication of list forwarded 
under sub-section (1) in a consolidated list.– On receiving a list duly forwarded under the 
provisions of sub-section (1) the 
10
[Provincial Government] shall, as soon as may be, publis h 
a notification declaring that the gurdwara to which it relates is a Sikh Gurdwara and, after the 
expiry of the period provided in sub-section (1) for forwarding lists, shall, as soon as may be, 
publish by notification a consolidated list in which all rig hts, titles and interests in any such 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazet te (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (b) of s. 2.  
2Renumbered by the Act ibid.  
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937,  pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
4Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (b) of s. 2.  
5Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (b) of s. 2.  
6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government  of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
7Ibid. 
8Ibid. 
9Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid. 
10Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid. 
properties as are described in sub -section (1) which have been included in any list duly 
forwarded, shall be included, and shall also cause the consolidated list to be published, in 
such manner as may be prescribed, at  the headquarters of the district and of the tahsil and 
in the revenue estate where the gurdwara is situated, and at the headquarters of every 
district and of every tahsil and in every revenue estate in which any of the immovable 
properties mentioned in the consolidated list is situated and shall also give such other notice 
thereof as may be prescribed. 
  (3) Notices of claims to property entered in the consolidated list to be sent 
to persons shown as in possession.– The 
1[Provincail Government] shall also, as soon as 
may be, send by registered post a notice of the claim to any right, title or interest included in 
the consolidated list to each of the persons named therein as being in possession of such 
right, title or interest either on his own behalf or on behalf of an insane person or minor or on 
behalf of the gurdwara, provided that no such notice need be sent if the person named as 
being in possession is the person who forwarded the list in which the right, title or interest 
was claimed. 
  (4) Effect of p ublication of declaration and consolidated list under sub -
section (2).– The publication of a declaration and of a consolidated list under the provisions 
of sub-section (2) shall be conclusive proof that the provisions of sub -sections (1), (2) and 
(3) with respect to such publication have been duly complied with and that the gurdwara is a 
Sikh Gurdwara, and the provisions of Part III shall apply to such gurdwara with effect from 
the date of the publication of the notification declaring it to be a Sikh Gurdwara. 
4.  Effect of omission to forward a list under section 3 .– If in respect of any 
gurdwara specified in Schedule I no list has been forwarded under the provisions of sub -
section (1) of section 3, the 
2
[Provincial Government] shall, after the expiry of ni nety days 
from the commencement of this Act, declare by notification that such gurdwara shall be 
deemed to be excluded from specification in Schedule I. 
5.  Petitions of claim to property included in a consolidated list .– (1) Any person 
may forward to the 
3
[Provincial Government] through  
4
[the appropriate Secretary to 
Government], so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days from the date of the publication 
by notification of the consolidated list under the provisions of sub -section (2) of section 3, a 
petition claiming a right, title or interest in any property included in such consolidated list 
except a right, title or interest in the gurdwara itself. 
  (2) Signing and verification of petitions under sub -section (1) .– A petition 
forwarded under the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be signed and verified by the person 
forwarding it in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
5
, for the signing 
and verification of plaints, and shall specify the nature of the right, title or interest claim ed 
and the grounds of the claim. 
  (3) Notification of property not claimed under sub -section (1), and effect of 
such notification.– The 
6
[Provincial Government] shall, as soon as may be, after the expiry 
of the period for making a claim under the provisio ns of sub-section (1) publish a notification 
specifying the rights, title or interest in any properties in respect of which no such claim has 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
2Ibid. 
3Ibid. 
4Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid.  
5V of 1908. 
6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
been made; and the publication of the notification shall be conclusive proof of the fact that no 
such claim was made in respect of any right, title or interest specified in the notification. 
6.  Claim for compensation by a hereditary office -holder of a Notified Sikh 
Gurdwara or his presumptive successor.– (1) Any past or present hereditary office-holder 
of a gurdwara in respect of which a notification has been published under the provisions of 
sub-section (2) of section 3 declaring it to be a Sikh Gurdwara or a presumptive successor of 
such office -holder may forward to the 
1
[Provincial Government] through 
2
[the appropr iate 
Secretary to Government], so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days from the date of 
the publication of such notification, a petition claiming to be awarded compensation on the 
grounds that such office -holder has been unlawfully removed from his  office after the first 
day of January 1920 and before the date of the publication of the notification, and that such 
office-holder or his presumptive successor has suffered or will suffer pecuniary loss in 
consequence of the gurdwara having been declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara. 
  (2) Signing and verification of petitions under sub -section (1) .– A petition 
forwarded under the provisions of sub -section (1) shall be signed and verified by the person 
forwarding it in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Pro cedure, 1908
3
, for the signing 
and verification of plaints. 
7.  Petition to have a gurdwara declared a Sikh Gurdwara.– (1) Any fifty or more Sikh 
worshippers of a gurdwara, each of whom is more than twenty-one years of age and was on 
the commencement of this Act a resident in the police station area in which the gurdwara is 
situated, may forward to the 
4
[Provincial Government] through 
5
[the appropriate Secretary to 
Government], so as to reach the Secretary within one year from the commencement of this 
Act or within such further period as the 
6
[Provincial Government] may by notification fix for this 
purpose, a petition praying to have the gurdwara declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara: 
  Provided that the  
7
[Provincial Government] may in respect of any such gurdwara 
declare by notification that a petition shall be deemed to be duly forwarded whether the 
petitioners were or were not on the commencement of this Act residents in the police -station 
area in which such gurdwara is situated, and shall thereafter deal with an y petition that may 
be otherwise duly forwarded in respect of any such gurdwara as if the petition had been duly 
forwarded by petitioners who were such residents: 
  Provided further that no such petition shall be entertained in respect of any institution 
specified in Schedule I or Schedule II unless the institution is deemed to be excluded from 
specification in Schedule I under the provisions of section 4. 
  (2) List of property claimed for the gurdwara and of persons in possession 
thereof to accompany a pe tition under sub-section (1).– A petition forwarded under the 
provisions of sub-section (1) shall state name of the gurdwara to which it relates and of the 
district, tahsil and revenue estate in which it is situated, and shall be accompanied by a list, 
verified and signed by the petitioners, of all rights, titles or interests in immovable properties 
situated in the Punjab inclusive of the gurdwara and in all monetary endowments yielding 
recurring income or profit received in the Punjab, which the petitioners claim to belong within 
their knowledge to the gurdwara: the name of the person in possession of any such right, 
title or interest, and if any such person is insane or a minor, the name of his legal or natural 
                                                           
1Ibid. 
2Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid.  
3V of 1908. 
4Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
5Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid.  
6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid. 
7Ibid. 
guardian, or if there is no such guardian, th e name of the person with whom the insane 
person or minor resides or is residing, or if there is no such person, the name of the person 
actually or constructively in possession of such right, title or interest on behalf of the insane 
person or minor, and i f any such right, title or interest is alleged to be in possession of the 
gurdwara through any person, the name of such person, shall be stated in the list; and the 
petition and the list shall be in such form and shall contain such further particulars as may be 
prescribed. 
  (3) Publication of petition and list received under sub -sections (1) and (2).– 
On receiving a petition duly signed and forwarded under the provisions of sub-section (1) the 
1
[Provincial Government] shall, as soon as may be, publish it a long with the accompanying 
list, by notification, and shall cause it and the list to be published, in such manner as may be 
prescribed, at the headquarters of the district and of the tahsil and in the revenue estate in 
which the gurdwara is situated, and a t the headquarters of every district and of every tahsil 
and in every revenue estate in which any of the immovable properties mentioned in the list is 
situated and shall also give such other notice thereof as may be prescribed: 
2
[Provided that such petitio n may be withdrawn by notice to be forwarded by the 
Board so as to reach the 
3
[appropriate Secretary to Government], at any time before 
publication, and on such withdrawal it shall be deemed as if no petition had been forwarded 
under the provisions of sub-section (1)]. 
  (4) Notice of claims to property to be sent to persons shown in the list as in 
possession.– The 
4
[Provincial Government] shall also, as soon as may be, send by 
registered post a notice of the claim to any right, title or interest included in the list to each of 
the persons named therein as being in possession of such right, title or interest either on his 
own behalf or on behalf of an insane person or minor or on behalf of the gurdwara: 
 Provided that no such notice need be sent if the person named as being in possession is 
a person who joined in forwarding the list. 
  (5) Effect of publication of petition and list under sub -section (3) .– The 
publication of a notification under the provisions of sub -section (3) shall be conclusive proof 
that the provisions of sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4) have been duly complied with. 
8. Petition to have it declared that a place asserted to be a Sikh Gurdwara is not 
such a gurdwara .– When a notification has been published under the provisions of sub -
section (3) of section 7 in respect of any gurdwara, any hereditary office-holder or any twenty 
or more worshippers of the gurdwara, each of whom is more than twenty -one years of age 
and was on the commencement of this Act a resident of a police -station area in  which the 
gurdwara is situated, may forward to the 
5
[Provincial Government] through 
6
[the appropriate 
Secretary to Government], so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days from the date of 
the publication of the notification, a petition signed and ver ified by the petitioner or 
petitioners, as the case may be, claiming that the Gurdwara is not a Sikh Gurdwara, and 
may in such petition make a further claim that any hereditary office-holder or any person who 
would have succeeded to such office -holder under the system of management prevailing 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
2Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1932 (IV of 1932), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated December 
16, 1932, at p. 1256, s. 2. It came into force on 1 st January, 1933, vide Notification No. 2695(II) G/Gurdwara, dated 19 th 
December, 1932, published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated December 23, 1932, p. 1271. 
3Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Punjab, Transferred Departments” by the Government of India 
(Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75 -344, 
Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
4Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid. 
5Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of Indi a (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
6Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid.  
before the first day of January 1920 may be restored to office on the grounds that such 
gurdwara is not a Sikh Gurdwara and that such office -holder ceased to be an office -holder 
after that day: 
  Provided that the 
1
[Provincial Government] may in respect of any such gurdwara 
declare by notification that a petition of twenty or more worshippers of such gurdwara shall 
be deemed to be duly forwarded whether the petitioners were or were not on the 
commencement of this Act re sidents in the police -station area in which such gurdwara is 
situated, and shall thereafter deal with any petition that may be otherwise duly forwarded in 
respect of any such gurdwara as if the petition had been duly forwarded by petitioners who 
were such residents. 
9.  Effect of omission to present a petition under section 8 .– (1) If no petition has 
been presented in accordance with the provisions of section 8 in respect of a gurdwara to 
which a notification published under the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 7 relates, the 
2
[Provincial Government] shall, after the expiration of ninety days from the date of such 
notification, publish a notification declaring the gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara. 
  (2) Effect of publication of a notification under sub -section (1) .– The 
publication of a notification under the provisions of sub -section (1) shall be conclusive proof 
that the gurdwara is a Sikh Gurdwara, and the provisions of Part III shall apply to the 
gurdwara with effect from the date of the publication of the notification. 
10.  Petition of claim to property included in a list published under sub -section (3) 
of section 7 .– (1) Any person may forward to the 
3
[Provincial Government] through 
4
[the 
appropriate Secretary to Government], so as to reach the Sec retary within ninety days from 
the date of the publication of a notification under the provisions of sub -section (3) of section 
7, a petition claiming a right, title or interest in any property included in the list so published. 
  (2) Signing and verificat ion of petitions under sub -section (1) .– A petition 
forwarded under the provisions of sub -section (1) shall be signed and verified by the person 
forwarding it in the manner provided by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
5
, for the signing 
and verification of  plaints, and shall specify the nature of the right, title or interest claimed 
and the grounds of the claim. 
  (3) Notification of property not claimed under sub -section (1), and effect of 
such notification.– The 
6
[Provincial Government] shall, as soon as may be, after the expiry 
of the period for making a claim under the provisions of sub-section (1) publish a notification, 
specifying the rights, titles or interests in any properties in respect of which no such claim 
has been made, and the notification sha ll be conclusive proof of the fact that no such claim 
was made in respect of any right, title or interest specified in the notification. 
11.  Claim for compensation by a hereditary office -holder of a gurdwara notified 
under section 7 or his presumptive successor.– (1) Any past or present hereditary office-
holder of a gurdwara in respect of which a notification has been published under the 
provisions of sub -section (3) of section 7 or a presumptive successor of such office -holder 
may forward to the  
7
[Provincial Government] through 
1
[the appropriate Secretary to 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid. 
2Ibid. 
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
4Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid.  
5V of 1908.  
6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
7Ibid. 
Government], so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days from the date of such 
publication, a petition claiming to be awarded compensation on the grounds that such office -
holder has been unlawfully  removed from his office after the first day of January 1920 and 
before the date of such publication, and that such office-holder or his presumptive successor 
has suffered or will suffer pecuniary loss if the gurdwara is declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara. 
  (2) Signing and verification of petitions under sub -section (1) .– A petition 
forwarded under the provisions of sub -section (1) shall be signed and verified by the person 
forwarding it in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
2
, for the sig ning 
and verification of plaints. 
CHAPTER III 
Appointment of and proceedings 
before a tribunal 
12.  Constitution and procedure of tribunal for the purposes of the Act .– (1) For the 
purpose of deciding claims made in accordance with the provisions of this Act the 
3
[Provincial
 
Government] may from time to time by notification direct the constitution of a tribunal or more 
tribunals than one and may in like manner direct the dissolution of such tribunal or tribunals. 
  (2) A tribunal shall consist of a presiden t 
4
[
5
[* * *]] and two other members 
appointed by notification by the 
6
[Provincial
 
Government]. 
  (3) The president of a tribunal shall be a Judge of the High Court and each other 
member shall be– 
(i) a District Judge or a Subordinate Judge of the first class, or 
(ii) a barrister of not less than ten years’ standing, or 
(iii) a person who has been a pleader of any High Court 
7
[or any court which is a 
High Court within the meaning of clause (24) of section 3 of the General 
Clauses Act, 1897,] for an aggregate period of not less than ten years. 
  (4) The members of a tribunal while they continue as such, shall be paid by the 
8
[Provincial Government] such remuneration as may from time to time be fixed by the 
9
[Provincial Government] 
10
[
1
[* * *]] and shall be deem ed to be public servants within the 
meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code
2
. 
                                                                                                                                                                                     
1Substituted for the words “the Secretary to G overnment, Transferred Departments” by the Government of India (Adaptation of 
Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75 -344, Article 4(1) read 
with Table of General Adaptations. 
2V of 1908.  
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
4Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Supplimentary) Act,  1925 (XXIV of 1925), published in the Gazette of India, Part IV, dated 
September 19, 1925, p. 48, clause (a) of s. 3. This amendment has been given retrospective effect by s. 3 of the Sikh 
Gurdwaras (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1926) (w.e.f. 1.11.1925). 
5Omitted the words “appointed by notification by the Governor -General in Council” by the Government of India (Adaptation of 
Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), d ated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with 
Schedule VI.  
6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid., Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
7Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1 926), vide Notification No. 86, dated 30th November, 
1926, published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated December 3, 1926, p. 1183, s. 2. This amendment has been given 
retrospective effect by s. 3 of the Sikh Gurdwaras (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1926) (w.e.f. 1.11.1925). 
8Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
9Ibid. 
10Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Supplimentary) Act,  1925 (XXIV of 1925), published in the Gazette of India, Part IV, dated 
September 19, 1925, p. 48, clause (b) of s. 3.  
 (5) 
3
[* * * * * * * * *   ] 
  (6) Whenever a vacancy occurs in a tribunal by reason of the removal, 
resignation or death of a member 
4
[
5
[* * * *]], the 
6
[Provincial Government] shall by notification 
appoint a person qualified within the meaning of sub-section (3) to fill the vacancy. 
  (7) A change in the membership of a tribunal under the provisions of sub -section 
(5) or sub -section (6) shall not invalidate any previous o r subsequent proceedings in any 
matter pending before it, nor shall it be necessary for a tribunal on account of such change 
to recommence any enquiry into any matter pending before it for disposal. 
  (8) The 
7
[Provincial
 
Government] may from time to time appoint such officers and 
servants as it may deem to be necessary for the due performance of its duties by a tribunal; 
and the officers and servants so appointed shall, while they continue as such, be deemed to 
be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code
8
. 
  (9) A tribunal, for the purpose of deciding any matter that it is empowered to 
decide under the provisions of this Act, shall have the same powers as are vested in a court 
by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
9
, and shall  have jurisdiction, unlimited as regards 
value, throughout the Punjab, and shall have no jurisdiction over any proceedings other than 
is expressly vested in it by this Act. 
  (10) Save as otherwise provided in this Act a decree or order of a tribunal shall  be 
executed or otherwise given effect to by the district court of the district in which the gurdwara 
in connection with which the decree or order was passed is situated, or by the district court 
to which the tribunal directs that any decree or order shall  be sent for this purpose, as if the 
decree or order had been a decree or order passed by such court. 
(11) The proceedings of a tribunal shall so far as may be, and subject to the 
provisions of this Act, be conducted in accordance with the provisions of th e Code of Civil 
Procedure, 1908
10
. 
(12) If more tribunals than one are constituted, the 
11
[Provincial
 
Government] may 
by notification direct which tribunal may entertain petitions relating to a particular gurdwara 
or gurdwaras situated in any specified area,  and may at any time transfer any proceedings 
from one tribunal to another as it may deem proper. 
13.  Procedure on difference of opinion .– (1) No proceedings shall be taken by a 
tribunal unless at least two members are present, provided that notices and s ummonses 
may be issued by the president or a member nominated by the president for this purpose. 
                                                                                                                                                                                     
1Omitted the words “or in the case of the President b y the Governor -General in Council” by the Government of India 
(Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75 -344, 
Article 3 read with Schedule.  
2XLV of 1860. 
3Omitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), 
dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with Schedule.  
4Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Supplimentary) Act,  1925 (XXIV of 1925), published in the Gazette of India, Part IV, dated 
September 19, 1925, p. 48, clause (d) of s. 3.  
5Omitted the words “the Governor -General in Council where the vacancy occurs in the office of President and in any other 
case” by the Government of India (Adaptation of In dian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), 
dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with Schedule.  
6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid., Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
7Ibid. 
8XLV of 1860. 
9V of 1908. 
10V of 1908. 
11Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
  (2) In case of a difference of opinion between the members of a tribunal, the 
opinion of the majority shall prevail; provided that if only two members are pr esent of whom 
one is the president, and if they are not in agreement, the opinion of the president shall 
prevail; and if the president be not present, and the two remaining members are not agreed, 
the question in dispute shall be kept pending until the nex t meeting of the tribunal at which 
the president is present: the opinion of the majority, or of the president when only two 
members are present, shall be deemed to be the opinion of the tribunal. 
14.  Tribunal to dispose of petitions under sections 5, 6, 8 , 10 and 11 .– (1) The 
1
[Provincial Government] shall forward to a tribunal all petitions received by it under the 
provisions of sections 5, 6, 8, 10 or 11, and the tribunal shall dispose of such petitions by 
order in accordance with the provisions of this Act. 
  (2) The forwarding of the petitions shall be conclusive proof that the petitions 
were received by the  
2
[Provincial Government] within the time prescribed in section 5, 6, 8, 
10 or 11 as the case may be, and in the case of a petition forwarded by wor shippers of a 
gurdwara under the provisions of section 8, shall be conclusive proof that the provisions of 
section 8 with respect to such worshippers were duly complied with. 
15.  Power of tribunal to join parties and award costs .– (1) In disposing of any matter 
in which it has jurisdiction a tribunal may order any dispute arising therefrom to be dealt with 
in one proceeding separately or more such disputes than one to be dealt with in one 
proceeding, and may by public advertisement or otherwise, enquire if  any person desires to 
be made a party to any proceeding, and may join in any proceeding any person who it 
considers ought to be made a party thereto. 
  (2) The tribunal may order any person to submit within a fixed time a statement in 
writing setting forth the nature of his claim or objection and the grounds thereof. 
  (3) If any person fails to comply with an order passed under the provisions of 
sub-section (2) and duly notified to him, the tribunal may decide the matter in dispute against 
him: provided t hat the tribunal may at any time extend the time fixed by its order for the 
submission of the statement if the person satisfies it that he had sufficient cause for not 
submitting the statement within the time fixed. 
  (4) A tribunal may pass any such order  as to costs of a proceeding as a court 
might pass under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
3
. 
16.  Issue as to whether a gurdwara is a Sikh Gurdwara to be decided first and how 
issue is to be decided.– (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law in force, if 
in any proceeding before a tribunal it is disputed that a gurdwara should or should not be 
declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara, the tribunal shall, before enquiring into any other matter in 
dispute relating to the said gurdwara d ecide whether it should or should not be declared a 
Sikh Gurdwara in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2). 
  (2) If the tribunal finds that the gurdwara– 
(i) was established by, or in memory of any of, the Ten Sikh Gurus, or in 
commemoration of any incident in the life of any of the Ten Sikh Gurus, and  
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
2Ibid. 
3V of 1908. 
1
[was used] for public worship by Sikhs 
2
[before and at the time of the 
presentation of the petition under sub-section (1) of section 7], or 
(ii) owing to some tradition connected with one of the  Ten Sikh Gurus , 
3
[was 
used] for public worship predominantly by Sikhs 
4
[before and at the time of the 
presentation of the petition under sub-section (1) of section 7], or 
(iii) was established for use by Sikhs for the purpose of public worship and 
5
[was 
used] for such worship by Sikhs 
6
[before and at the time of the presentation of 
the petition under sub-section (1) of section 7], or 
(iv) was established in memory of a Sikh martyr, saint or historical person and 
7
[was used] for public worship by Sikhs 
8
[before and at the time of the 
presentation of the petition under sub-section (1) of section 7], or 
(v) owing to some incident connected with the Sikh religion 
9
[was used] for public 
worship predominantly by Sikhs, 
10
[before and at the time of the presentation  
of the petition under sub-section (1) of section 7], the tribunal shall decide that 
it should be declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara, and record an order accordingly. 
  (3) Where the tribunal finds that a gurdwara should not be declared to be a Sikh 
Gurdwara, it shall record its finding in an order and, subject to the finding of the High Court 
on appeal, it shall cease to have jurisdiction in all matters concerning such Gurdwara, 
provided that, if a claim has been made in accordance with the provisions of secti on 8 
praying for the restoration to office of a hereditary office -holder or person who would have 
succeeded such office -holder under the system of management prevailing before the first 
day of January 1920, the tribunal shall, notwithstanding such finding,  continue to have 
jurisdiction in all matters relating to such claim, and, if the tribunal finds it proved that such 
office-holder ceased to be an office-holder on or after the first day of January 1920, it may by 
order direct that such office -holder or person who would have so succeeded be restored to 
office. 
17.  Notification of Sikh Gurdwara on finding of tribunal.– When a tribunal has, under 
the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 16, recorded a finding that a gurdwara should be 
declared to be a Si kh Gurdwara, and no appeal has been instituted against such finding 
within the period prescribed by section 34, or when an appeal has been instituted and 
dismissed, or when in an appeal against a finding that a gurdwara should not be declared to 
be a Sikh Gurdwara the High Court finds that it should be so declared, the tribunal or the 
High Court, as the case may be, shall inform the  
11
[Provincial Government] through 
12
[the 
appropriate Secretary to Government], accordingly, and the 
13
[Provincial Government] shall, 
as soon as may be, publish a notification declaring such gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara, 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “is used” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, 
dated 8th October 1930, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), date d October 10, 1930, pp. 107 -108, clause (i) of s. 
3. 
2Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (ii) of s. 3. 
3Substituted for the words “is used” by the Act ibid., clause (i) of s. 3.  
4Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (ii) of s. 3. 
5Substituted for the words “is used” by the Act ibid., clause (i) of s. 3. 
6Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (iii) of s. 3. 
7Substituted for the words “is used” by the Act ibid., clause (i) of s. 3. 
8Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (ii) of s. 3. 
9Substituted for the words “is used” by the Act ibid., clause (i) of s. 3. 
10Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (ii) of s. 3. 
11Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
12Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid. 
13Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid. 
and the provisions of Part III shall apply thereto with effect from the date of the publication of 
such notification. 
18.  Presumption in favour of a Notified Sikh  Gurdwara on proof of certain facts 
when a claim to property is made by an office -holder.– (1) In any proceedings before a 
tribunal, if any past or present office -holder denies that a right, title or interest recorded, in 
his name or in that of any person through whom he claims, in a record -of-rights, or in an 
annual record, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 
1887
1
, and claimed to belong to a Notified Sikh Gurdwara, does so belong, and claims such 
right, title or inte rest to belong to himself, there shall, notwithstanding anything contained in 
section 44 of the said Act, be a presumption that such right, title or interest belongs to the 
gurdwara upon proof of any of the following facts, namely– 
(a) an entry of the righ t, title or interest made before the first day of January 
1920, in a record -of-rights, prepared at the time of a general assessment of 
the land revenue, in the name of the gurdwara or in the name of the holder of 
an office pertaining to the gurdwara as such and not by name; 
(b) an assignment of the land revenue of, or of the proprietary right in, land at any 
time for the service or maintenance of the gurdwara notwithstanding that the 
assignment may be or may have been in the name of an office -holder, where 
the right claimed is an assignment of the land revenue of, or of the proprietary 
right in, the land, as the case may be;  
(c) the dismissal or removal of an office -holder before the first day of January 
1920 and the consequent transfer of the right in ques tion to his successor in 
office; 
(d) the expenditure of the whole or part of the income derived from the right, title 
or interest in question ordinarily on the service or maintenance of the 
gurdwara; 
(e) the acquisition of the right, title or interest in q uestion from funds proved to 
have belonged to the gurdwara; 
(f) the submission by the office -holder or any of his predecessors in office of 
accounts relating to the income from the right, title or interest in question to 
the worshippers or to a managing body; 
(g) the devolution of the succession to the right, title or interest in question from 
an office-holder to the successor in office as such on two or more consecutive 
occasions; 
(h) any other fact which shows that the right, title or interest in question  was at 
any time of the nature of a trust pertaining to the gurdwara or was purchased 
from funds of the nature of trust funds pertaining to the gurdwara. 
  (2) The provisions of sub -section (1) shall also apply to a claim to a right, title or 
interest made by any person deriving title subsequent to the first day of January 1920 from a 
past or present office-holder. 
19.  Adjudication by tribunal upon agreements made between office -holder and 
persons acting on behalf of a Sikh Gurdwara .– Where a change in the  system of 
management of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara has occurred on or after the first day of January 
1920, and as a consequence of or in connection with such change, it is alleged that an 
agreement has been made between any person who was an office -holder under the former 
system of management on the one side, and the Sikh worshippers of the gurdwara or a 
                                                           
1XVII of 1887. 
person or body acting on their behalf on the other side, any person who claims any right, title 
or interest by virtue of such agreement or any present offic e-holder of the gurdwara or any 
Sikh may, within ninety days from the date of the publication of the notification declaring 
such gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara, present a petition to a tribunal praying that the 
agreement be considered, and the tribunal sha ll make an enquiry, and if it finds that a valid 
agreement was made it shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Registration 
Act, 1908
1
, or the Indian Stamp Act, 1899
2
, pass such orders as may be necessary to give 
effect to the agreement, and may by such orders create a charge on the property or income 
of the gurdwara. 
20.  Claim for compensation by a hereditary office-holder who has resigned or been 
dismissed.– Any hereditary office -holder of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara who, within twelve 
months after the date of the publication of a notification declaring the gurdwara to be a Sikh 
Gurdwara, has resigned office, or been removed from office otherwise than in accordance 
with the provisions of section 134 or under the provisions of section 142 or a  presumptive 
successor of such office -holder, may, within ninety days from the date of the resignation or 
removal, as the case may be, of such office-holder present a petition to a tribunal claiming to 
be awarded compensation on the ground that he has suff ered or will suffer pecuniary loss 
owing to a change in the management of the gurdwara, and the tribunal may, 
notwithstanding the fact that such office-holder has voluntarily resigned, order compensation 
to be paid in accordance with the provisions of this  Act, as if such office -holder had been 
unlawfully removed from his office. 
21.  Claim for compensation by person alleging right to nominate office -holder of a 
Notified Sikh Gurdwara.– When a notification has been published under the provisions of 
this Act declaring a gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara any person claiming that the right to 
nominate an office-holder thereof was vested in him at the date of the publication, or before 
the first day of January 1920, may within ninety days from the date of the publication present 
a petition to a tribunal claiming to be awarded compensation on the ground that he has 
suffered pecuniary loss owing to a change effected after the first day of January 1920 in the 
system of management of such gurdwara, or that he will suffe r pecuniary loss in 
consequence of the gurdwara being declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara; and the tribunal may 
order compensation to be paid to him in the same manner as to an office -holder under the 
provisions of this Act. 
22.  Matters for consideration in aw arding compensation .– In deciding claims for 
compensation made under the provisions of sections 6, 11 or 20 a tribunal– 
  (1) may among other matters take into consideration– 
(i) the past conduct of the claimant; 
(ii) the improvements to the property of th e gurdwara effected by the 
claimant; 
(iii) the portion of the trust income which, by long practice and the express 
or implied consent of the worshippers, the holder of the office and his 
predecessors have been allowed to appropriate to their private use: 
provided that this matter, if taken into consideration, shall only be so 
taken in determining the compensation due to an office -holder for his 
lifetime and shall not give to a presumptive successor of such office -
holder any right to increased compensation: and provided also that the 
tribunal shall not be bound to fix the compensation on the basis of 
such income, but may, at its discretion, regard such income as a 
                                                           
1XVI of 1908. 
2II of 1899. 
ground for awarding compensation on a higher scale than it would 
otherwise have awarded; 
  (2) shall take into consideration– 
(i) the past conduct of the claimant where such conduct has been or is in 
issue in a suit or other proceeding in a Civil or  Revenue Court 
instituted before the 1st December 1924; 
(ii) the conviction of the claimant by a Crimin al Court for an offence 
which, in the opinion of the tribunal, involves moral turpitude or an 
order passed against him under the provisions of sections 110 and 
118 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
1
; 
(iii) the loss of income, not being of the nature of trust income, incurred by 
reason of an office-holder ceasing to hold office; 
(iv) all rights or privileges relating to residence, subsistence, service and 
other recognised allowances in cash or kind formerly enjoyed by the 
claimant. 
23.  Compensation to  be paid annually out of income of gurdwara .– In awarding 
compensation a tribunal shall, unless the parties agree to its being paid otherwise, order it to 
be paid out of the income accruing to the gurdwara in which the office -holder held office in 
the form of an allowance payable annually on a specified date, for any period but terminable 
in any case on the death of the person compensated. 
24.  Payment to heirs of person compensated .– If any person to whom compensation 
has been ordered to be paid by a tribu nal dies, his heir shall be entitled only to such sum as 
has become payable under the order but has not been paid: provided that if compensation 
was ordered to be made by payment of an annual allowance for a period which has not 
expired before the death of the person compensated, such heir shall in addition be entitled to 
a sum which bears the same proportion to the amount of such allowance as the period 
between the date on which the allowance was last payable before the death of the deceased 
and the date of his death bears to one year. 
25.  Manner in which compensation is to be paid and recovered if not duly paid .– 
Every sum ordered by a tribunal to be paid out of the income of a gurdwara by way of 
compensation shall be deposited in the treasury of the tahs il in which the gurdwara is 
situated, and shall be paid to the person or persons entitled to it under such order or under 
the provisions of section 24 in such manner as may be prescribed, and if it is not so 
deposited shall be recoverable out of the 
2
[income of such gurdwara or by way of temporary 
alienation of the agricultural land of such gurdwara for a period which the Collector may 
determine]. 
 
3
[25-A.  Power of tribunal to pass decrees for possession in favour of the committees of 
Gurdwaras.– (1) When it has been decided under the provisions of this Act that right, title or 
interest in immovable property belongs to a Notified Sikh Gurdwara, or any person the 
Committee of the Gurdwara concerned or the person in whose favour a declaration has been 
made ma y, within a period of one year from the date of the decision or the date of the 
constitution of the Committee, whichever is later, institute a suit before a tribunal claiming to be 
                                                           
1V of 1898.  
2Substituted for the words “property or income of such gurdwara by the Collector as it were an arear of land revenue” by the 
Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, 
pp. 5-10, s. 3. 
3Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 4. 
awarded, possession of the right, title or interest in the immovable proper ty in question as 
against the parties to the previous petition, and the tribunal shall if satisfied that the claim 
relates to the right, title or interest in the immovable property which has been held to belong to 
the Gurdwara, or to the person in whose favour the declaration has been made, pass a decree 
for possession accordingly.  
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act to the contrary, the court -fee 
payable on the plaint in such suit shall be five rupees.] 
26.  Entry of rights of gurdwara in revenue records.– When it has been decided, under 
the provisions of this Act, that a right, title or interest in immovable property belongs to a 
Notified Sikh Gurdwara or when a right, title or interest in such property has been included in a 
list published under the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 5 or sub-section (3) of section 
10, the Collector of the district in which the property is situated shall, on application being 
made to him on his behalf and after making such enquiry as he may deem proper  as to the 
fact of such decision or inclusion, cause an entry to be made in the record-of-rights, if any, of 
the estate in which the property is situated recording the gurdwara as the owner of the right, 
title or interest in accordance with the provisions of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887
1
. 
27.  Treatment of property dedicated to a Notified Sikh Gurdwara but under 
management of trustees .– (1) When on or before the commencement of this Act any 
property has been dedicated or gifted to a Notified Sikh Gurdw ara and a trust has been 
created in writing for the management of such property and for the distribution of the income 
accruing therefrom partly to the gurdwara and partly to another institution or to another 
person or to both, any trustee appointed for th e propose of such trust, or any person having 
interest in such gurdwara or any person having interest in such institution, or any beneficiary 
under the terms of such trust may within ninety days from the date of the publication of a 
notification declaring such gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara, present a petition to a tribunal 
claiming that the trustees appointed under the terms of the trust should continue to manage 
the property and to distribute the income accruing therefrom according to the terms of the 
trust and in addition may claim that the tribunal should determine what portion of the income 
should be allocated to any beneficiary. 
  (2) If the tribunal finds that the major portion of the income accruing from the 
property has not been allocated under the terms of the trust to such gurdwara then, 
notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the tribunal shall order that such trustees 
shall continue to manage the property and distribute the income accruing therefrom 
according to the terms of the trust, an d if the tribunal finds that the major portion of the 
income has been allocated under the terms of the trust to the gurdwara the tribunal shall 
order that the committee of such gurdwara shall manage the property and distribute the 
income accruing therefrom according to the terms of the trust. 
  (3) If it is not clear from the terms of the trust what portion of the income has 
been allocated to any beneficiary, the tribunal may on the application of any party determine 
what portion of the income shall be allocated to any beneficiary. 
  (4) If no such petition is presented within the time prescribed in sub -section (1) 
the committee of such gurdwara shall manage such property and distribute the income 
accruing therefrom according to the terms of the trust. 
28.  Suits for possession of undisputed property on behalf of Notified Sikh 
Gurdwaras.– (1) When a notification has been published under the provisions of sub -
section (3) of section 5 or of sub -section (3) of section 10, the committee of the gurdwara 
concerned may bring a suit on behalf of the gurdwara for the possession of any property, a 
                                                           
1XVII of 1887. 
proprietary title in which has been specified in such notification, provided that the gurdwara 
concerned is entitled to immediate possession of the property in question, and i s not in 
possession thereof at the date of the publication of such notification. 
 (2) The suit shall be instituted in the principal court of original jurisdiction in which 
the property in question is situated within a period of ninety days from the date of  the 
publication of such notification, or from the date of the constitution of the committee 
whichever is later, and if a suit is not instituted within that period no subsequent suit on 
behalf of the gurdwara for the possession of the property shall be ins tituted in any court 
except on the ground of the dispossession of the gurdwara after the date of the publication 
of such notification. 
 (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act to the contrary, the court -fee 
payable on the plaint in such suit shall be five rupees. 
29. Exclusion of jurisdiction of the courts .– Notwithstanding anything contained in 
any other law or enactment for the time being in force no suit shall be instituted and no court 
shall entertain or continue any suit or proceeding in so f ar as such suit or proceeding 
involves– 
(1) any claim to, or prayer for the restoration of any person to, an office in a Notified 
Sikh Gurdwara or any prayer for the restoration or establishment of any system 
of management, of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara othe r than a system of 
management established under the provisions of Part III; 
(2) any claim to, or prayer for the restoration of any person to an office in or any 
prayer for the restoration or establishment of any system of management of, any 
gurdwara in res pect of which a notification has been published in accordance 
with the provisions of sub -section (3) of section 7 unless and until it has been 
decided under the provisions of section 16 that such gurdwara should not be 
declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara. 
30. Decision by courts on certain claims in certain circumstances.– At any time after 
the commencement of this Act, in any suit or proceeding instituted in any civil or revenue 
court– 
(i) if any claim is made that any right, title or interest in any property be long to a 
Notified Sikh Gurdwara and the court finds that such claim might have been 
made in a list forwarded to the 
1
[Provincial
 
Government] under the provisions of 
sub-section (1) of section 3 or of sub -section (2) of section 7 and that no such 
claim was duly made within time the court shall decide such claim against the 
gurdwara on behalf of which the claim is made: 
Provided that the court need not so decide, if it is satisfied that the failure to 
make the claim was owing to the fact that no person who f orwarded or joined in 
forwarding a list had knowledge of the existence of the right, title or interest that 
might have been so claimed and that no such person could by the exercise of 
reasonable diligence, have come to know of the existence of such right, title or 
interest; 
(ii) if any right is claimed for any person in connection with a Notified Sikh Gurdwara 
and the court finds that the right might have been made the subject of a petition 
presented to the 
2
[Provincial
 
Government] under the provisions of section 5, 6, 10, 
or 11 or presented to a tribunal under the provisions of section 19, 20, 21, or 27 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
2Ibid. 
and that no such claim was duly made within time, the court shall decide the claim 
against the person claiming the right:  
Provided that in the case of a cl aim that might have been made under the provisions 
of section 5 or section 10, the court need not so decide if it is satisfied that the failure 
to make the claim was owing to the fact that the person who might have made the 
claim either had no knowledge of  the existence of the right, title or interest that he 
might have so claimed or had no knowledge of the fact that the right, title or interest 
had been included in a list published under the provisions of sub -section (2) of 
section 3 or of sub -section (3) of section 7 and could not by the exercise of 
reasonable diligence, have come to know of the existence of such right, title or 
interest, or of the fact that such right, title or interest, was so included:  
Provided further that in the case of a claim by a past or present office -holder or any 
person deriving titles subsequent to the first day of January 1920 from such office -
holder, minority or insanity shall not, by itself, be deemed a valid reason for not 
having such knowledge.  
31. Courts not to continue certain proceedings pending decision as to whether a 
place is or is not a Sikh Gurdwara .– (1) No court shall continue any proceedings in so far 
as such proceedings involve any claim relating to a gurdwara specified in Schedule I or in 
regard to which a not ification has been published under the provisions of sub -section (2) of 
section 3, if such claim could have been made in a petition forwarded to the 
1
[Provincial 
Government] under the provisions of section 5 or 6, or presented to a tribunal under the 
provisions of section 19, 20, 21 or 27, and was not so made, unless and until such gurdwara 
is deemed to be excluded from specification in Schedule I under the provisions of section 4. 
 (2) No court shall continue any proceedings in so far as such proceedings involve 
any claim relating to a gurdwara in regard to which a notification has been published under 
the provisions of sub -section (3) of section 7, which could have been made in a petition 
forwarded to the 
2
[Provincial Government] under the provisions of se ction 10 or 11 or 
presented to a tribunal under the provisions of section 19, 20, 21 or 27, and was not so 
made, unless and until it has been decided under the provisions of section 16 that such 
gurdwara should not be declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara. 
32. Transfer of suits pending in courts.– (1) Where in any suit or proceeding pending at 
the commencement of this Act or instituted after its commencement, in a civil or revenue court, 
it has become or becomes necessary to decide any claim in connection with a N otified Sikh 
Gurdwara which the court finds might be made under the provisions of section 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 
11, 19, 20, 21 or 27, within the time prescribed therein, the court shall frame an issue in 
respect of such claim and shall forward the record of the suit or proceedings to a tribunal. 
 (2) On receiving a record forwarded to it under the provisions of sub -section (1) 
the tribunal shall proceed to hear and determine the issue and record its decision in the form 
of an order and shall return the record wit h a copy of its decision to the court and the court 
shall proceed to determine the suit or proceeding in accordance with such decision subject 
to the provisions of section 34. 
33. Disputes relating to rights of office -holder after a year from commencement of 
Act.– When any place has been declared by notification under the provisions of this Act to 
be a Sikh Gurdwara, the right of any office-holder thereof who holds office on the date of the 
publication of such notification to continue to hold his office sha ll be decided in accordance 
with the provisions of Part III. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in  the 
Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
2Ibid. 
34. Appeal against orders of a tribunal .– (1) Any party aggrieved by a final order 
passed by a tribunal determining any matter decided by it under the provisions of this Act 
may, within ninety days of the date of such order, appeal to the High Court. 
  (2) No appeal or application for revision shall lie against an order of a tribunal 
except as provided for in sub-section (1). 
  (3) An appeal preferred under the provisions of this section shall be heard by a 
Division Court of the High Court. 
35. Court-fees.– Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act to the contrary, the 
court-fee payable on documents of the description specified in the second column of 
Schedule III shall be the fee specified in each case in the third column of that schedule and 
shall be paid in such manner as may be prescribed. 
36. No court to take cognizance of manner in which the 
1
[Provincial Government] 
or tribunal exercises its power under the Act .– No suit shall lie in any c ourt to question 
anything purporting to be done by the 
2
[Provincial Government], or, by a tribunal, in exercise 
of any powers vested in it by or under this Act. 
37. Courts not to pass an order or grant or execute a decree inconsistent with 
decision of a tribunal.– Except as provided in this Act no court shall pass any order or grant 
any decree or execute wholly or partly, any order or decree, if the effect of such order, 
decree or execution would be inconsistent with any decision of a tribunal, or any order  
passed on appeal therefrom, under the provisions of this Part. 
PART II 
CHAPTER IV 
Application of provisions of Part III to gurdwaras found 
to be Sikh Gurdwaras by Courts other than a 
Tribunal under the provisions of the Act 
38. Recourse to ordinary courts  in cases where action has not been taken under 
Part I with a view to application of provisions of Part III to a gurdwara .– (1) 
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other Act or enactment in force any 
two or more persons having interest in  any gurdwara in respect of which no notification 
declaring the gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara has been published under the provisions of 
this Act, may, after the expiry of one year from the commencement of this Act or of such 
further period as the  
3
[Provincial Government] may have fixed under the provisions of sub -
section (1) of section 7, and after having obtained the consent of the Deputy Commissioner 
of the district in which such gurdwara is situated, institute a suit, whether contentious or not, 
in the principal court of original jurisdiction or in any other court empowered in that behalf by 
the 
4
[Provincial Government] within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the gurdwara is 
situated, praying for any of the reliefs specified in section 92 of the C ode of Civil Procedure, 
1908
5
, and may in such suit pray that the provisions of Part III may be applied to such 
gurdwara. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in  the 
Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
2Ibid. 
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
4Ibid. 
5V of 1908.  
 (2) The court in which a suit is instituted under the provisions of sub -section (1) 
shall decide whether the gurdwara is or is not a gurdwara as described in sub-section (2) of 
section 16, and if the court decides that it is such a gurdwara and is also of opinion that, 
having regard to all the circumstances, the gurdwara is one to the management of which the 
provisions of Part III shoul d be applied, the court shall by public advertisement and in such 
other manner as it may in each case direct, call upon any person having interest in the 
gurdwara to appear and show cause why the provisions of Part III should not be so applied, 
and shall in its order fix a date not less than one month from the date of the order on which 
any person appearing shall be heard. 
 (3) Upon the date fixed under the provisions of sub -section (2) or on any 
subsequent date to which the hearing may be adjourned, the co urt shall proceed to hear the 
person, or persons, if any, appearing, and if the court is satisfied that the provisions of Part 
III can be applied to the management of the gurdwara without prejudice to any existing order 
or decree relating to the gurdwara a nd conferring on any person or declaring any person to 
be entitled to any right, in respect of the administration or management thereof, the court 
shall pass a decree that the said provisions shall apply to the management of the gurdwara. 
 (4) Upon such decree being passed and subject to any order that may be passed 
on appeal against or in revision of the decree the provisions of Part III shall apply to such 
gurdwara as if it had been  declared by notification under the provisions of this Act to be a 
Sikh Gurdwara. 
 (5) When under the provisions of sub-section (3) the provisions of Part III have by 
decree been applied to the management of a gurdwara any hereditary office -holder of such 
gurdwara who within twelve months after the date of the decree has resigne d office or been 
removed from office otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of section 134 or 
under the provisions of section 142 or a presumptive successor of such office -holder, may 
within ninety days from the date of the resignation or removal , as the case may be, of such 
office-holder, present a petition to the court which passed the decree claiming to be awarded 
compensation on the ground that he has suffered or will suffer pecuniary loss owing to a 
change in the management of such gurdwara, and the court may, notwithstanding the fact 
that such office-holder has voluntarily resigned, pass a decree awarding him compensation 
as if such office-holder had been unlawfully removed of his office. 
 (6) The provisions of sections 22, 23, 24 and 25 shal l, so far as may be, apply to 
proceedings under the provisions of sub-section (5) and to proceedings arising therefrom, as 
if the court was a tribunal. 
PART III 
CHAPTER V 
Control of Sikh Gurdwaras 
39. Suits for relief claimable by application under this Ac t, barred.– Notwithstanding 
anything contained in any Act to the contrary, no suit shall be instituted or continued in any 
court, claiming any relief in respect of the management or administration of a Notified Sikh 
Gurdwara if such relief might be or migh t have been claimed in an application made under 
the provisions of this Part. 
40. Board, Committees and Commission to be constituted for the purposes of this 
Act.– For the purposes of this Act there shall be constituted a Board and for every Notified 
Sikh Gurdwara a committee of management 
1
[or a local committee], and there shall also be 
constituted from time to time a Judicial Commission, in the manner hereinafter provided. 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 4. 
41. Control of Sikh Gurdwaras .– The management of every Notified Sikh Gurdwara 
shall be administered by the committee 
1
[or a local committee], constituted therefor, the 
Board and the Commission in accordance with the provisions of this Part. 
CHAPTER VI 
The Board 
42. Name of Board .– (1) The Board shall be known by such name as may be deci ded 
upon at a general meeting of the first Board constituted under the provisions of this Act, 
provided that not less than three -fifths of the members present at the meeting have voted in 
favour of the name selected, and that such name has been approved by  the 
2
[Provincial 
Government]. 
 (2) If the Board fails to select a name in accordance with the provisions of sub -
section (1) or the name selected is not approved by the 
3
[Provincial Government], the Board 
shall be designated the Central Board. 
 (3) The Boa rd shall by such name be a body corporate and shall have a 
perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by such name sue and be sued. 
43. Composition and constitution of the Board.– (1) The Board shall consist of– 
(i) one hundred and 
4
[thirty-two] elected members; 
(ii) the head ministers of the Darbar Sahib, Amritsar and the following four Sikh 
Takhts, namely– 
The Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar, the Sri Takht Kesgarh Sahib, Anandpur, 
the Sri Takht Patna Sahib, Patna, and the Sri Takht Hazur Sahib, Hyder abad 
Dekkan; 
(iii) twelve members nominated by the Darbars of the Indian States specified in 
sub-section (2); 
(iv) 
5
[seventeen] members resident in India, of whom not more than 
6
[four] shall be 
residents in the Punjab, co -opted by the members of the Board as described 
in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii). 
 (2) The 
7
[Provincial Government] shall invite the Darbars of the Indian States 
specified in the list following to nominate the number of members stated therein against their 
respective names:– 
Patiala 4 
Nabha 2 
Faridkot 2 
Kapurthala 2 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1 944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 5. 
2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
3Ibid. 
4Substituted for the word “twenty” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (a) of s. 6. 
5Substituted for the word “fourteen” by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 6. 
6Substituted for the word “five” by the Act ibid. 
7Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptati on of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
Jind 1 
Kalsia 1 
 (3) If the Darbar of any Indian State fails to nominate a member in response to an 
invitation by the 
1
[Provincial Government], the Board shall be deemed to be duly constituted 
notwithstanding such failure. 
 (4) The 
2
[Provincial Government] shall, as soon as may be, call a meeting of the 
members of the Board described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii ) of sub-section (1) for the purpose 
of co-opting the members described in clause (iv) of that sub-section, and after the members 
have been co -opted the 
3
[Provincial Government] shall notify the fact of the Board having 
been duly constituted; and the date of the publication of the notification shall be deemed to 
be the date of the constitution of the Board. 
44. Constituencies for election of members of Board .– 
4
[(1) The constituencies by 
which the elected members of the Board shall be returned, shall be as specified in Schedule 
IV, and except as hereinafter provided, each constituency shall return a single member: 
Provided tha t the Provincial Government may from time to time, and after such 
consultation with the Board as it considers proper, by notification alter the local limits of any 
constituency. 
(2) The Provincial Government shall, from time to time, and after such 
consultation with the Board as it considers proper, select twelve constituencies from among 
the constituencies specified in Schedule IV; and the constituencies so selected shall be 
plural constituencies each returning two members, of whom one shall be a Mazhabi S ikh, a 
Ramdasia Sikh or a Kabirpanthia Sikh, and the other shall be a Sikh who is neither a 
Mazhabi Sikh, a Ramdasia Sikh nor a Kabirpanthia Sikh.]  
45. Qualifications of elected members .– (1) A person shall not be eligible for election 
as a member of the Board if such person– 
(i)  is of unsound mind; 
(ii)  is an undischarged insolvent; 
(iii)  is a patit; 
(iv) is a minister of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara, other than the head minister of the 
Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, or of one of the four Sikh Takhts specified in  clause 
(ii) of sub-section (1) of section 43; 
(v) is a paid servant of any Notified Sikh Gurdwara, or of the Board other than a 
member of the executive committee of the Board. 
5
[(vi) being a keshadhari Sikh is not a amritdhari;  
(vii)  takes alcoholic drinks; 
(viii)  cannot read and write Gurmukhi.] 
  (2) No person shall be eligible for election as a member of the Board if he is not 
registered on the electoral roll of any constituency specified in Schedule IV. 
                                                           
1Ibid. 
2Ibid. 
3Ibid. 
4Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 19 44), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 7. 
5Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 8. 
  (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in su b-section (1) no person shall be 
prevented from standing as a candidate for election as a member of the Board on the ground 
that he is a patit, but if a person elected is thereafter found under the provisions of section 84 
to be a patit his election shall be void. 
46.  Qualifications of nominated members .– A person shall not be nominated or co -
opted to be a member of the Board if he– 
(i) is less than twenty-one years old; 
(ii) is not a Sikh; 
(iii) is of unsound mind; 
(iv) is an undischarged insolvent; 
(v) is a patit; 
(vi) is minister of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara other than the head minister of the 
Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, or of any of the four Sikh Takhts specified in clause 
(ii) of sub-section (1) of section 43; 
(vii) is a paid servant of any Notified Sikh Gu rdwara or of the Board, other than a 
member of the executive committee of the Board. 
1
[(viii) being a keshadhari Sikh is not a amritdhari;  
(ix) takes alcoholic drinks;  
(x) cannot read and write Gurmukhi.] 
47. Date of Board elections .– Elections of members of the Board under the provisions 
of this Act shall be held on dates to be fixed by the 
2
[Provincial Government]. 
48. Electoral roll .– An electoral roll shall be prepared in such manner as may be 
prescribed for every constituency, on which shall be enter ed the names of all persons 
entitled to be registered as voters in that constituency. 
3
[49. Qualifications of electors .– Every person shall be entitled to have his name 
registered on the electoral roll of a constituency constituted for the election of a me mber or 
members of the Board who is a resident in that constituency and either–  
(i) is on the electoral roll for the time being in force of persons entitled to vote for 
the election of a member to represent a Sikh urban or rural constituency of the 
4
[Provincial Assembly], or  
(ii) is a Sikh more than twenty -one years of age, who has had his name 
registered as a voter in such manner as may be prescribed: 
Provided that no person shall be registered as an elector who–  
(a) trims or shaves his beard or keshas except in case of sehjdhari Sikhs;  
(b) smokes;  
                                                           
1Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 9. 
2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Ord er, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and Schedule. 
3Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 10. 
4Substituted for the words “Provincial Legislative Assembly of the Punjab” by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964, 
vide Notification No. Integ.7.13/62, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 3, 1 964, pp. 1805-
1849, s. 2 read with Part-II of the Schedule. 
(c) takes alcoholic drinks.]  
50.  Right to vote.– 
1
[(1)] Every person registered on the electoral roll for the time being 
in force for any constituency for the election of a member or members of the Board s hall be 
entitled while so registered to vote at an election of a member for that constituency, provided 
that no person shall be entitled to vote at an election in more than one constituency. 
 
2
[(2) In any plural constituency as provided by section 44, the right of voting shall 
be exercisable in the following manner that is to say, a vote may be cast for each of the two 
candidates of whom one shall be a Mazhabi Sikh, a Ramdasia Sikh or a Kabirpanthia Sikh 
and the other shall be a Sikh who is not either a Maz habi Sikh or a Ramdasia Sikh or a 
Kabirpanthia Sikh.] 
51.  Term of membership.– The members of the Board shall hold office for 
3
[five] years 
from the date of its constitution or until the constitution of a new Board, whichever is later. 
 
4
[52. Effect of subsequent disability to serve as member of Board .– (1) If any person 
having been elected or nominated 
5
[or co -opted] a member of the Board subsequently 
becomes subject to any of the disabilities stated in section 45 or section 46, as the case may 
be, he shall cease to be a member thereof.  
(2) If any person having been elected or nominated 
6
[or co-opted] a member of 
the Board absents himself from three consecutive general meetings of the Board, his name 
may be removed from membership by the Board, provided t hat, if he applies to the Board 
within one month of the removal of his name to be restored to membership the Board may, 
at the meeting next following the date of the receipt of such application, restore him to office, 
provided further that no member shall be restored more than three times.] 
53.  Vacancy in Board, how to be filled.– When a vacancy occurs in the Board owing to 
the death or resignation of a member or for any other reasons, a new member shall be 
elected, nominated or co -opted, as the case may b e, in the manner in which the member 
whose seat is to be filled was elected or nominated or co-opted. 
54.  First meeting of the Board.– The first general meeting of the Board shall be held at 
a time not later than one month after the 
7
[Provincial Government] has notified that it has 
been constituted, and notice thereof shall be given by notification by the 
8
[Provincial 
Government]. 
  
9
[Provided that the Provincial Government may, in special  circumstances, direct such 
meeting to be held at a later date.] 
                                                           
1Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 11. 
2Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendm ent) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 11. 
3Substituted for the word “three” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 12. 
4Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 5. 
5Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (i) of s. 13. 
6Ibid., clause (ii) of s. 13. 
7Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
8Ibid. 
9Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras ( Amendment) Act, 1949 (IX of 1949), vide Notification No. 567 -Leg., dated 29 th April, 1949, 
published in the West Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April 29, 1949, pp. 87-88, s. 2. 
55. Annual general meeting.– An annual general meeting of the Board shall be held in 
every year. 
56. Notice of meeting .– Meetings of the Board other than the first meeting shall be 
called by twenty days’ notice in writing served on every member of the Board i n such 
manner as may be prescribed by bye-laws made by the Board. 
57. Power of members to call meeting.– Any ten or more members may by application 
in writing made to the President demand that a general meeting of the Board be held, and if 
notwithstanding such demand, notice of a meeting is not given within fifteen days of the date 
on which the application was received by the President, the applicants may themselves call a 
meeting to be held at the office of the Board by ten days’ notice served in the manne r 
described in section 56. 
58. Office of Board .– The Board shall have an office in Amritsar for the transaction of 
business to which all communications and notices to the Board may be addressed. 
59. Quorum of Board in general meeting.– The powers vested by this Act in the Board 
in general meeting shall not be exercised except by the Board at a meeting at which thirty-one 
or more members are present. 
60. Chairman at meetings of the Board .– The President shall be the chairman at the 
meetings of the Board and of the executive committee; if the President is absent the Vice -
President shall be Chairman, and if neither the President nor Vice -President is present the 
members present shall elect one of themselves to be chairman for the purposes of the 
meetings. 
61. Decision of questions before Board .– Except as otherwise provided by this Act or 
prescribed all questions which come before the Board or its executive committee shall be 
decided by a majority of the votes of the members present, and in the case of an equali ty of 
votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. 
62. Office-bearers and executive committee of Board .– The Board shall at its first 
general meeting elect by a ballot one of its members to be President, 
1
[two others to be Vice-
Presidents (one Senior and one Junior) and another to be General Secretary of the Board],
 
to be known as office -bearers of the Board, and shall also at the same meeting in like 
manner elect not less than five and not more than eleven of its members, as the Board may 
deem fit, to be members of the executive committee of the Board, and the office-bearers and 
members so elected shall be the executive committee of the Board. 
63. Annual election of executive committee.– (1) Subsequent to the constitution of an 
executive committee under the provisions of section 62 and executive committee similar to 
the one described in that section shall be elected by ballot at each annual general meeting of 
the Board; 
2
[if the Board so desires]; the 
3
[office bearers] and other members of the executive 
committee elected at the first meeting of the Board shall hold office until a new executive 
committee has been elected at the first annual general meeting of the Board, and the 
members elected at an annual general meeting shall hold office until a n ew executive 
committee has been duly elected at the next following annual general meeting. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “and another to be Vice -President of the Board” by the Sikh Gurdwa ras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI 
of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 14. 
2Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (a) of s. 15. 
3Substituted for the words “office-holder” by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 15. 
 (2) Nothing contained in sub -section (1) shall prevent the re -election of any 
outgoing member of an executive committee. 
64. Powers of executive committee of Board .– The executive committee of the Board 
shall exercise on behalf of the Board all powers conferred on the Board by the provisions of 
this Act which are not expressly reserved to be exercised by the Board in general meeting. 
65. Vacancy in executive committe e, how to be filled .– If a vacancy occurs in the 
executive committee, the remaining members of the executive committee may, if the 
vacancy is that of an office-bearer, appoint one of themselves, or if the vacancy is that of any 
member other than an office -bearer, nominate any member of the Board temporarily to fill 
the vacancy until the next following general meeting of the Board, and the Board shall at 
such meeting elect a member of the Board to fill the vacancy. 
66. Member of a committee of management not  to be member of executive 
committee of Board .– A member of a committee of management shall not be eligible for 
election as a member of the executive committee, and if any member of the executive 
committee at any time becomes a member of a committee of man agement he shall forthwith 
cease to be a member of the executive committee. 
67. Resignation of member of executive committee .– A member of the executive 
committee 
1
[or of the Board] may resign his office by giving notice to the President, and an 
office-bearer may resign his office by giving notice to the executive committee, and such 
resignation shall have effect from the date on which the resignation was accepted by the 
President or executive committee as the case may be. 
68. Remuneration of members of exe cutive committee .– Any member of the 
executive committee may receive out of the funds of the Board such salary or other 
remuneration as may from time to time be fixed by the Board in general meeting. 
69. Servants of the Board; their appointment and punishm ent.– The executive 
committee of the Board may appoint such servants as it may deem to be necessary for the 
due performance by itself of its duties, and may from time to time determine the number, 
designations, grades and scales of salary, or other remuner ation of such servants, and may 
at any time fine, reduce, suspend, or remove any servant. 
CHAPTER VII 
The Judicial Commission 
70. The Judicial Commission .– (1) The Judicial Commission shall consist of three 
members who shall be Sikhs, appointed from time t o time as may be necessary by the 
2
[Provincial Government]. 
 (2) No person shall be appointed to be a member of the Commission unless he– 
(i) is, or, at the time of his retirement or resignation from 
3
[
4
[Service of the State]], 
was a District Judge or a Su b-ordinate Judge of the first class or of not less 
                                                           
1Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 16. 
2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian L aws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
3Substituted for the words “Government service” by the Order ibid. 
4Substituted for the words “the service of the Crown” by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964, vide Notification No. 
Integ.7.13/62, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 3, 1964, pp. 1805 -1849, s. 2 read with 
Part-II of the Schedule.  
than ten years’ standing, or 
1
[a munsif of the first class or of not less than ten 
years’ standing or] 
(ii) is a Barrister of not less than ten years’ standing, or 
(iii) is a person who has been a pleader of any High Court 
2
[or any court which is 
a High Court within the meaning of clause (24) of section 3 of the General 
Clauses Act,1897,] for an aggregate period of not less than ten years. 
 (3) Two of the members of the commission shall be selected by the 
3
[Provincial 
Government] out of a list of qualified persons prepared and maintained as described in 
section 71. 
71. Appointment of members of the Commission .– (1) For the purpose of the 
appointment of members of the Commission the Board shall as soon as may  be after its 
constitution submit a list of the names of seven persons nominated by the Board, and the 
4
[Provincial Government] shall after being satisfied that the persons are qualified as required 
by section 70 record the list: provided that if the Board fails to submit a list within ninety days 
from the constitution of the Board the 
5
[Provincial Government] may itself complete a list of 
qualified persons. 
 (2) A person whose name is on the list described in sub -section (1) shall be 
entitled to have his n ame retained thereon for two years after his nomination has been 
recorded, provided that the 
6
[Provincial Government] may at any time remove his name, if it 
is satisfied upon a report made by the Board and any enquiries it may see fit to make, that 
he is incapable of acting as a member of the Commission. 
 (3) If any person whose name is on the list dies, or applies to the Board to have 
his name removed therefrom, the Board shall inform the 
7
[Provincial Government] and his 
name shall be removed from the list. 
 (4) The 
8
[Provincial Government] shall on request being made to it for this 
purpose by the Board remove from the list the name of any person whose name has been 
on the list for more than three years, provided that the name of any person shall not be so 
removed while such person is a member of the Commission. 
 (5) When a name has been removed from the list the Board shall nominate a 
qualified person for the purpose of filling the vacancy, and the 
9
[Provincial Government] shall 
after being satisfied that such person is qualified, place his name upon the list. 
 (6) If the Board fails to nominate a person to fill a vacancy as required by sub -
section (5) the 
10
[Provincial Government] may after giving one month’s notice of its intention 
to the Board place the name of any qualified person on the list to fill the vacancy. 
                                                           
1Added by th e Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 6. 
2Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1926), vide Notification No. 86, dated 30th November, 
1926, published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated December 3, 1926, p. 1183, s. 2. 
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Orde r, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
4Ibid. 
5Ibid. 
6Ibid. 
7Ibid. 
8Ibid. 
9Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (A daptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
10Ibid. 
72. Member of the Board or of a committee to resign if appointed a member of 
Commission.– If any person who is a member of the Board or of a committee or of both is 
appointed to be a member of the Commission and accepts the appointment he shall forthwith 
cease to be a member of the Board or committee or of both, as the case may be. 
73. Remuneration of members of the Commission .– The members of the 
Commission, while they continue as such, shall rece ive such remuneration 
1
[or daily 
allowance and travelling expenses] as may be fixed from time to time by the 
2
[Provincial 
Government] 
3
[with consultation of the Board] and shall be deemed to be public servants 
within the meaning of section 21 of the [Indian]
4
 Penal Code
5
. 
74. Officers and servants of the Commission .– The 
6
[Provincial Government] may 
from time to time appoint such officers and servants as it may deem to be necessary for the 
due performance of its duties by the Commission, and the officers an d servants so 
appointed shall, while they continue as such, be deemed to be public servants within the 
meaning of section 21 of the [Indian]
7
 Penal Code. 
75. Expenses to be shared by Government and Board .– (1) 
8
[The net] expenses 
arising from the appointment of the Commission including the remuneration of its members, 
officers and servants shall be defrayed by the 
9
[Provincial Government] and the Board, the 
10
[Provincial Government], paying one -third of the whole, provided that the remuneration of 
the member s, officers and servants shall be paid wholly in the first instance by the 
11
[Provincial Government] and the portion thereof payable by the Board shall be recovered 
from the Board after the close of each financial year. 
 (2) Any sum due to the 
12
[Provincial Government] under the provisions of sub -
section (1) shall, if not recovered within three months after a demand has been made, be 
recoverable as if it were an arrear of land revenue. 
76. Jurisdiction and procedure of Commission .– (1) The Commission shall fo r the 
purpose of deciding any matter which it is empowered to decide under the provisions of this 
Act have the same powers as are vested in a court by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
13
, 
and shall have jurisdiction unlimited as regards value throughout the  Punjab, and shall have 
no jurisdiction over any proceedings other than is expressly vested in it by this Act. 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), publi shed in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (i) of s. 17. 
2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
3Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (ii) of s. 17. 
4Now it is “Pakistan Penal Code” as the word “Indian” substituted from the title of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 , by the 
Adaptation of the Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949, vide Notification No. G.G.O.  4, dated 25th March, 1949, published 
in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, subsection (1) of s. 3. 
5XLV of 1860.  
6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
7Substituted for the word “Indian” fro m the title of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, by the Adaptation of the Central Acts and 
Ordinances Order, 1 949, vide Notification No. G.G.O.  4, dated 25 th March, 1949, published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, subsection (1) of s. 3. 
8Substituted for the word “All” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1941 (I of 1941), published in the Government Gazette 
(Extraordinary), Punjab, dated February 4, 1941, p. 17, s. 2. 
9Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
10Ibid. 
11Ibid. 
12Ibid. 
13V of 1908.  
 (2) A decree or order of the Commission shall be executed or otherwise given 
effect to by the District Court of the district in which the gurdwa ra in connection with which 
the decree or order was passed is situated, or by the District Court to which the Commission 
directs that any decree or order shall be sent for this purpose, as if the decree or order had 
been a decree or order passed by such court. 
 (3) The proceedings of the Commission shall, so far as may be and subject to the 
provisions of this Act, be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil 
Procedure, 1908
1
, and, save as otherwise, provided by this Act, all orders of the Commission 
shall be final. 
77. Court and office of Commission .– The Commission shall have its court and office 
at such place or places as the 
2
[Provincial Government] may from time to time fix. 
78. Vacancy in Commission .– If a vacancy occurs in the Co mmission it shall be filled 
by the appointment by the 
3
[Provincial Government] of some other qualified person in the 
same manner as that in which the person whose seat is to be filled was appointed. 
79. Removal of member of Commission .– The 
4
[Provicial Government] may remove 
any member of the Commission– 
(i) if he refuses to act or becomes in the opinion of the 
5
[Provincial Government] 
incapable of acting or unfit to act as a member, or 
(ii) if he has absented himself from more than three consecutive meetin gs of the 
Commission, or 
(iii) if it is satisfied after such enquiry as it may deem necessary that he has 
flagrantly abused his position as a member, 
6
[*] 
(iv) 
7
[* * * * * * * * *   ]  
80.  Election of president of Commission .– (1) The members of the Commi ssion shall 
elect one of themselves to be president of the Commission. 
  (2) If the members of the Commission are unable within ten days of the 
constitution of the Commission to elect a president by a majority of votes, a president may 
be appointed by the 
8
[Provincial Government]. 
  (3) No proceedings shall be taken by the Commission unless at least two 
members are present and sitting together: provided that notices and summonses may be 
issued by the president or a member nominated by the president for this  purpose, sitting 
alone. 
  (4) If the president is not present the two members present shall decide which of 
them shall preside, and the member decided upon shall perform the duties of president. 
                                                           
1V of 1908. 
2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 19 37, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. 
3Ibid. 
4Ibid.  
5Ibid.  
6Deleted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab G azette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 18. 
7Ibid. 
8Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
81. Settlement of difference of opinion in Commission .– In c ase of difference of 
opinion between the members of the Commission the opinion of the majority shall prevail: 
provided that, if only two members are present of whom one is the president and if they are 
not in agreement, the opinion of the president shall p revail; and if the president is not 
present, and the two remaining members are not agreed, the question in dispute shall be 
kept pending until the next meeting of the Commission at which the president is present, and 
the opinion of the majority or of the p resident when only two members are present shall be 
deemed to be the opinion of the Commission. 
82. Costs in proceedings may be made payable out of income of Sikh Gurdwara .– 
The costs, charges and expenses of, and incidental to, any proceedings of the Comm ission 
shall be in the discretion of the Commission, and the Commission may in disposing of any 
proceedings direct that the whole or any part of such expenses shall be paid by any party to 
such proceedings or out of the property or income of the notified Sikh Gurdwara to which the 
proceedings relate. 
83. Dissolution of Commission.– The 
1
[Provincial Government] may at any time, when 
there is no proceeding pending before the Commission, dissolve the Commission. 
84. Decision as to whether a person is or is not  a patit.– If it is necessary to decide 
for the purposes of the constitution of the Board or a committee, under the provisions of this 
Act, whether a person has or has not become a patit the question shall on application being 
made thereto for this purpose be decided by the Commission. 
CHAPTER VIII 
Committees of gurdwaras 
85. Constitution of committees of management of certain gurdwaras .– 
2
[(1) The 
Board shall be the Committee of Management for the Gurdwaras known as:–  
(i) the Sri Akal Takhat Sahib at Amri tsar and Sri Takhat Keshgarh Sahib, 
Anandpur;  
(ii) The Darbar Sahib Baba Attal Sahib and all other Notified Sikh Gurdwaras 
other than Sri Akal Takhat Sahib situated within the Municipal boundaries of 
Amritsar;  
(iii) Sri Darbar Sahib and all other Notifie d Sikh Gurdwaras within the limits of 
Municipal area of Tarn Taran; 
(iv) Notified Sikh Gurdwaras at Nankana Sahib;  
(v) All the Notified Sikh Gurdwaras at Anandpur and the Gurdwaras connected 
therewith other than the Sri Takhat Keshgarh Sahib;  
(vi) The Notified Sikh Gurdwara at Mukatsar;  
(vii) The Notified Sikh Gurdwaras within the limits of Hassan Abdal Small Town in 
Attock District; and  
(viii) The Notified Sikh Gurdwaras within the limits of Lahore Corporation.  
(2) The Board shall in consultation with  local committees prepare a scheme for 
Administration and Management of the Gurdwaras described in subsection (1), their 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
2Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated Feburary 06, 1945, pp. 19-23, s. 19 and it cancelled the Punjab Government Notification No. 426-Leg., dated January 17, 
1945, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10. 
property, endowments, funds and income. Thereafter, this scheme may be modified or 
amended from time to time by a resolution of the Board passed by a majority of two-thirds of 
the members present in the meeting, after consulting the local committee for the Gurdwara 
or Gurdwaras concerned, constituted under subsection (3): 
Provided that any scheme so prepared shall provide that 10 per cent  of the gross 
income be earmarked by the Committee of Management for the promotion and uplift of 
Industry by which the Sikh Community shall benefit.  
 (3)(a) The local Committee for the Gurdwaras Akal Takhat and Keshgarh mentioned 
in subsection (1) (i) shall be the Board.  
(b) The local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1) (ii) shall consist 
of–  
(i)  three members elected by the electors of the Municipal area of Amritsar 
registered under the provisions of section 92;  
(ii) four members e lected by electors of the Amritsar District registered under the 
provisions of section 92 other than the electors so registered of the Municipal 
area of Amritsar; 
(iii) five members elected by the Board, in general meeting one of whom shall be one 
of the p ersons nominated to be member of the Board under the provisions of 
subsection (2) of section 43;  
(c) The local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1) (iii) shall consist 
of–  
(i) one member elected by the electors of Municipal area of Tar n Taran, registered 
under the provisions of section 92;  
(ii) three members elected by the electors of the Amritsar District registered under 
the provisions of section 92, other than the electors so registered of Municipal 
area of Tarn Taran;  
(iii) three members elected by the Board in general meeting;  
(d) The local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1) (iv) shall consist 
of–  
(i) one member elected by the electors of the Municipal area of Nankana Sahib 
registered under the provisions of section 92;  
(ii) two members elected by the electors of the Sheikhupura District registered under 
the provisions of section 92 other than the electors so registered of Municipal 
area of Nankana Sahib;  
(iii) two members elected by the electors of the Guj ranwala District registered under 
the provisions of section 92;  
(iv) one member elected by the electors of the Lahore District registered under the 
provisions of section 92;  
(v) two members elected by the electors of the Lyallpur District registered unde r the 
provisions of section 92;  
(vi) five members elected by the Board in general meeting.  
(e) The Local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1) (v) shall consist 
of–  
(i) two members elected by the electors of the revenue estates of Anan dpur, 
Tarapur, Lodipur, Basali and Chak registered under the provisions of section 92;  
(ii) two members elected by the electors of the Hoshiarpur District registered under 
the provisions of section 92, other than the electors specified in clause (i);  
(iii) one member elected by the electors of the Ambala District registered under the 
provisions of section 92;  
(iv) one member elected by the electors of the Jullundur District registered under the 
provisions of section 92;  
(v) five members elected by the B oard in general meeting two of whom shall be 
residents of Kapurthala State. 
(f) The Local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1)(vi) shall consist 
of–  
(i) one member elected by the electors of the municipal area of Mukatsar registered 
under the provisions of section 92; 
(ii) two members elected by the electors of the Forozepore District registered under 
the provisions of section 92, other than the electors so registered of the municipal 
area of Makatsar;  
(iii) one member elected by the el ectors of the Ludhiana District registered under the 
provisions of section 92;  
(iv) five members elected by the Board in general meeting, one of these being 
resident of Nabha State and one of Faridkot State. 
(g) The Local Committee for the Gurdwaras menti oned in subsection (1) (vii) shall 
consist of–  
(i) two members elected by the electors of the Rawalpindi District registered under 
the provisions of section 92;  
(ii) one member elected by the electors of the Attock District registered under the 
provisions of section 92;  
(iii) one member elected by the electors of the Jhelum District registered under the 
provisions of section 92;  
(iv) five members elected by the Board in general meeting two of whom shall be 
residents of the North -West Frontier Province a nd one a Sehjdhari Sikh resident 
of North-West Frontier Province or Rawalpindi Division.  
(h) The Local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1) (viii) shall 
consist of–  
(i) three members elected by the electors of Lahore Corporation regist ered under 
the provisions of section 92; 
(ii) three members elected by the electors of the Lahore District registered under the 
provisions of section 92 other than the electors so registered of the Lahore 
Corporation; 
(iii) two members elected by the Board in general meeting.  
1
[(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (3), the members of the local 
committee mentioned in sub -clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b), sub -clause (ii) of clause (c), 
sub-clauses (ii), (iii) and (v) of clause (d), sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (e), sub-clause (ii) 
of clause (f), sub -clause (i) of clause (g) and sub -clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (h) thereof 
shall be elected from single member constituencies as prescribed.]  
                                                           
1Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1949 (IX of 1949), vide Notification No. 567-Leg., dated 29th April, 1949, 
published in the West Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April 29, 1949, pp. 87-88, clause (i) of s. 3. 
(5) The various Local Committees, constituted  under subsection (3), shall carry on the 
day to day business of the respective Gurdwaras within the sanctioned budget under the 
supervision, directions and control of the Board and subject to the provisions of the Act and 
the scheme of Administration referred to in subsection (2):  
Provided that none of the members elected by the Board in general meeting to the local 
committees constituted under subsection (3) shall belong to the Districts which have the right 
to elect members to the said local committees:  
Provided further that the existing committees of management of the Gurdwaras under 
this section shall hereafter act as local committees of the respective Gurdwaras till the 
1
[local 
committees are constituted]. 
86. Committees of gurdwaras other than those  specified in section 85 .– For every 
Notified Sikh Gurdwara other than a gurdwara specified in section 85 a committee shall be 
constituted after it has been declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara under the provisions of this Act, 
or after the provisions of Part II I have been applied to it under the provisions of section 38: 
provided that the 
2
[Provincial Government] may by notification direct that there shall be one 
committee for any two or more such gurdwaras specified in the notification, and may in like 
manner cancel or modify such notification: provided further that the 
3
[Provincial Government] 
shall not issue, cancel or modify any such notification after the constitution of the first Board, 
except upon recommendation being made to it in this behalf by the board. 
4
[86-A. Member of committee not to be member of the executive committee of the 
Board.– A member of committee of management constituted under section 86 and a 
member of local committee constituted under section 85 shall not be eligible for election as a 
member of the executive committee of the Board and if any member of the executive 
committee at any time becomes a member of such committee of management or local 
committee, he shall forthwith cease to be a member of the executive committee.] 
87. Constitution of committee not specially provided for .– Every committee other 
than a 
5
[local] committee for which provision is made in section 85 shall consist of four 
elected members and one member nominated by the Board, who shall be a resident in the 
district in wh ich the gurdwara or one of the gurdwaras to be managed by the committee is 
situated. 
88. Constitution of committees; publication of constitution and effect thereof .– (1) 
The 
6
[local committees or] committees described in sections 85 and 86 shall be constit uted 
as soon as may be after the constitution of the Board: provided that no 
7
[local committee or] 
committee shall be constituted for any gurdwara under the provisions of this Act unless and 
until it has been declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara under the provis ions of this Act, or the 
provisions of Part III have been applied to it under the provisions of section 38. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “next Gurdwara General Election takes place” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amen dment) Act, 1949 (IX of 
1949), vide Notification No. 567-Leg., dated April 29, 1949, published in the West Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April 
29, 1949, pp. 87-88 (w.e.f 17.01.1945), clause (ii) of s. 3. 
2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adapta tion of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
3Ibid. 
4Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published  in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 20.  
5Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 21.  
6Ibid., clause (a) of s. 22. 
7Ibid. 
 (2) When all the members of any 
1
[local] committee described in section 85 have 
been elected 
2
[* * * * *], according to the provisions of that sect ion, the 
3
[Provincial 
Government] shall notify the fact that the 
4
[local] committee has been duly constituted, and 
the date of the publication of the notification shall be deemed to be the date of the 
constitution of the 
5
[local] committee. 
 (3) When all t he members of any committee described in section 87 have been 
elected or nominated, as the case may be, according to the provisions of that section, the 
Commissioner of the Division in which the gurdwara or gurdwaras is or are situated shall 
notify the fact that the committee has been duly constituted, and the date of the publication 
of the notification shall be deemed to be the date of the constitution of the committee. 
89. Election of members .– (1) The elected members of a committee 
6
[or a local 
committee] constituted for a gurdwara specified in the Schedule I shall be elected by the 
constituencies specified in the Schedule against the gurdwaras: 
 Provided that the 
7
[Provincial Government] may, from time to time, and after such 
consultation with the Board as it considers proper, by notification alter the local limits of any 
constituency. 
 (2) The elected members of a committee constituted for a gurdwara other than a 
gurdwara specified in Schedule I or in section 85 shall be elected by a constituency formed,  
subject to the approval of the 
8
[Provincial Government] by the Board in general meeting, 
provided that for the election of such a committee before the constitution of the first Board 
under the provisions of this Act the 
9
[Provincial Government] shall, if necessary, form the 
constituency. 
 (3) The Board may in general meeting, and subject to the approval of the 
10
[Provincial Government], from time to time vary any constituency formed under the 
provisions of sub-section (2). 
90. Qualification for election to a committee.– (1) A person shall not be eligible for 
election as member of a committee 
11
[or of a local committee] if such person– 
(i)  is not registered on the roll of any constituency formed for the purposes of the 
Act, or 
(ii)  is of unsound mind, or 
(iii)  is an undischarged insolvent, or 
                                                           
1Ibid. 
2Omitted the words “or co-opted, as the case may be” by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 22. 
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
4Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (b) of s. 22. 
5Ibid. 
6Ibid., s. 23. 
7Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
8Ibid.  
9Ibid.  
10Ibid.  
11Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (a) of s. 24. 
(iv) is a minister of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara other than the head minister of the 
Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, or any of the four Sikh Takhts specified in clause (ii) 
of sub-section (1) of section 43, or 
(v) is a paid servant of any Notified Sikh Gurdwara or of the Board, or 
(vi) is a patit, 
1
[or] 
2
[(vii) is not a Sikh, or  
(viii) being a Keshadhari Sikh is not a amritdhari, or  
(ix) takes alcoholic drinks, or 
(x) cannot read and write Gurmukhi.] 
  (2) Notwithstanding anythi ng contained in sub -section (1), no person shall be 
prevented from standing as a candidate at any election on the ground that he is a patit, but if 
he is elected and thereafter found, under the provisions of section 84, to be a patit, his 
election shall be void. 
91. Qualification for nomination to a committee .– A person shall not be nominated 
3
[or co-opted] to be a member of a committee if he– 
(i) is less than twenty-one years of age, or 
(ii) is of unsound mind, or  
(iii) is an undischarged insolvent, or  
(iv) is a patit 
4
[or not a Sikh], or 
(v) is a minister of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara other than the head minister of the 
Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, or any of the four Sikh Takhts specified in clause (ii) 
of sub-section (1) of section 43, or 
(vi) is a paid servant of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara, 
5
[(vii) being a Keshadhari Sikh is not a amritdhari, or  
(viii) takes alcoholic drinks, or 
(ix) cannot read and write Gurmukhi.] 
6
[92. Qualification of electors .– Every person shall be entitled to have his name registered 
on the electoral roll of a constituency for the election of a member or members of a 
committee or of a local committee who is a resident in that constituency, and either:–  
(i) is on the electoral roll for the time being in force of persons entitled to vote f or 
the election of a member to represent a Sikh urban or rural constituency of 
the 
7
[Provincial Assembly], or  
(ii)  is a Sikh more than twenty-one years of age and has had his name registered 
as a voter in such manner as may be prescribed:  
Provided that no person shall be registered as an elector who–  
(a) trims or shaves his beard or keshas except in case of Sehjdhari Sikhs;  
                                                           
1Added by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 24. 
2Ibid., clause (c) of s. 24. 
3Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (a) of s. 25. 
4Ibid., clause (b) of s. 25. 
5Added by the Act ibid., clause (c) of s. 25. 
6Substituted by the Act ibid., s. 26. 
7Substituted for the words “Provincial Legislative Assembly” by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964, vide 
Notification No. Integ.7.13/62, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 3, 1964, pp. 1805-1849, s. 
2 read with Schedule, Part-II.  
(b) smokes; and  
  (c) takes alcoholic drinks.] 
93. Right to vote.– Every person registered on the electoral roll of a constituency for the 
election of a member or members of a committee 
1
[or a local committee] shall be entitled 
while so registered to vote at an election of a member or members for that constituency. 
94. Period of continuance of committees .– Every committee shall cont inue for 
2
[five] 
years from the date of its constitution or until a new committee has been constituted, 
whichever is later. 
 
3
[94.A. Incorporation of committees .– Every Committee shall be a body corporate by the 
name of the Committee of Management of the G urdwara or Gurdwaras under its 
management and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be 
sued in its corporate name.] 
4
[95. Effect of subsequent disability to serve as a member of a Committee.– (1) If any 
person having been elected or nominated a member of a Committee becomes subject to any 
of the disabilities stated in section 90 or 91, as the case may be, he shall cease to be a 
member thereof. 
 (2) If any person having been elected or nominated a member of the Committee 
absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Committee, his name may be 
removed from membership by the Committee, provided that, if he applies to the Committee 
within one month of the removal of his name to be restored  to membership, the Committee 
may, at the meeting next following the date of the receipt of such application, restore him to 
office, provided further that no member shall be so restored more than three times to the 
same Committee.] 
96. Vacancies in committees other than those specified in s ection 85.– 
5
[(1)] On the 
occurrence of a vacancy in a 
6
[local] committee other than one of the committees specified in 
section 85 a new member shall be elected or nominated, as the case may be, in the manner 
in which his predecessor was elected or nominat ed, and if no member is duly elected to 
replace an elected member, the Board may appoint any qualified person to fill the vacancy. 
7
[(2) If in three consecutive elections no member is elected for the committee of 
management of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara the Board may constitute the Committee for such 
a gurdwara; provided the persons appointed upon such a committee shall be the residents of 
the district in which the said gurdwara or gurdwaras are situated.] 
97. Vacancies in committees specified in section 85 .– If a vacancy occurs in the 
8
[local] committee of a gurdwara specified in section 85 a new member shall be elected or 
co-opted to fill the vacancy in the manner in which his predecessor was elected or co -opted, 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 27. 
2Substituted for the word “three” by the Act ibid., s. 28. 
3Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 7. 
4Substituted by the Act ibid., s. 8. 
5Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 30. 
6Inserted by the Act ibid., s. 29. 
7Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 30. 
8Inserted by the Act ibid., s. 31. 
provided that if the predecessor was elected by the Board in general meeting the executive 
committee may temporarily fill the vacancy until the next general meeting of the Board when 
the Board shall elect a member permanently to fill the vacancy. 
98. Committees to meet at least three times a year.– 
1
[(1)] Every committee shall meet 
at least three times in each year. 
2
[(2) If no meeting has been held for a period of four months, any two members of 
the Committee may, by giving reasonable notice to the other members residing in India, 
convene a meeting of the committee.] 
99.  Notice of meetings.– A meeting of a committee shall be called by the president by 
seven day’s notice in writing, provided that if the office of president is vacant, the vice -
president shall, and if the office of vice -president is als o vacant, any two members of a 
committee may, by giving reasonable notice to the other members, convene a meeting for 
the election of a president. 
100.  Quorum of committee.– No business shall be conducted or any proceeding held by 
a committee except at a meeting at which three or more members are present. 
101.  Presidents and Vice -Presidents of committees .– (1) Every committee shall at its 
first meeting elect a member to be president and another member to be vice -president, and 
each of the members so elected shall hold office during the continuance of the committee or 
until he resigns or ceases to be a member of the committee. 
  (2) An outgoing president or vice-president shall, if otherwise qualified, be eligible 
for re-election. 
  (3) At meetings of the c ommittee the president shall be chairman; if he is absent 
the vice-president shall be chairman, and if both the president and the vice -president are 
absent, the members present shall elect one of themselves to be chairman for the purpose 
of the meeting. 
102. Decisions of questions before committees .– All questions which come before a 
committee shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present, and in cases 
of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. 
103. Minutes to be recorded .– All resolutions and orders of a committee shall be 
recorded in writing in a minute book and the record shall be signed by the chairman of the 
meeting. 
104. Resignation of president and members of committee .– (1) A member of a 
committee other than the president may resign his office by giving notice to the president 
and a president may resign his office by giving notice to the committee. 
 (2) The resignation shall take effect in the case of a member from the date of its 
acceptance by the p resident, and in the case of a president from the date of its acceptance 
by the committee. 
105. Exclusion of Board acting as committee from operation of this chapter .– 
3
[The 
provisions of sections 95, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 and 104 shall apply to the l ocal 
committees constituted under section 85, but nothing contained in this chapter shall, apply to 
                                                           
1Re-numbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930  (III of 1930), vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 9. 
2Added by the Act ibid. 
3Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), pu blished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 32. 
the Board when acting as the committee of management for the gurdwaras specified in 
section 85 (1).] 
CHAPTER IX 
Finances 
106. Object on which the funds of a  Gurdwara may be spent .– (1) Subject to the 
provisions of this Act all properties and income of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara shall be used, in 
the first place, for the maintenance or improvement of the gurdwara; for the maintenance of 
religious worship and the  performance and conduct of religious and charitable duties, 
ceremonies and observances connected therewith; for the payment of allowances or salaries 
of dependents, officers and servants thereof; for the fulfillment of the objects of the 
endowments thereo f; for the maintenance of the langar; for such religious, charitable or 
educational purposes as the committee may consider necessary in connection therewith or 
for the discharge of any obligations legally incurred. 
 (2) When after providing for the purpose s specified in sub -section (1) there 
remains or appears likely to remain any surplus sum or any income not required for any such 
purposes, the committee may, by resolution passed by not less than two -thirds of its 
members, propose to allocate a part or the  whole of such surplus sum or income to a 
particular religious, educational or charitable purpose and may, if the Board in writing 
sanctions such proposal, act in accordance therewith, provided that any proposal so 
sanctioned to devote to such purpose inco me accruing during a period of more than three 
years may at any time not sooner than three years after the proposal was sanctioned be 
rescinded or varied by a subsequent resolution of the committee passed in like manner. 
 (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) when it appears to the 
Board that after providing for the purposes specified in sub -section (1) there remains or is 
likely to remain any surplus sum or income not required for any such purposes, and the 
committee is not willing to d evote such surplus sum or income to other purposes, the Board 
may apply to the Commission for an order allowing the Board to devote the whole or part of 
such surplus sum or income to a particular and specified religious, educational or other 
charitable purpose. 
 (4) When application has been made in accordance with the provisions of sub -
section (3) the Commission may, after hearing the objections, if any, of the committee or of 
any person having interest in the gurdwara concerned, if it is satisfied that th e application is 
reasonable, determine what portion, if any, of such surplus sum or income shall be retained 
as a reserve fund for the gurdwara concerned and direct the remainder of the surplus sum or 
income to be devoted to any such religious, educational  or charitable purpose as it may 
deem proper, and the Commission may, from time to time, on the application of the Board or 
of the committee or of a person having interest in the gurdwara concerned, rescind or vary 
any order passed under the provisions of this sub-section. 
 (5) A committee or the Board if it is aggrieved by an order passed under sub -
section (4) may, not later than ninety days after the passing of the order, appeal to the High 
Court and the High Court may confirm the order or pass any such o rder as the Commission 
might have passed instead of the order appealed against. 
1
[(6) Nothing contained in subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) shall apply to the Board 
when acting as a Committee of management under section 85 of this Act. In the case of 
such a committee when after providing for the purposes specified in subsection (1) there 
remains or appears likely to remain any surplus sum or any income not required for such 
purposes, the committee may by a resolution passed by not less than two -thirds of t he 
                                                           
1Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 33. 
members present in the meeting: provided that the meeting is attended by not less than one-
half of the total members constituting the committee, utilize or allocate a part or the whole of 
such surplus sum or income of any particular gurdwara under its management to a particular 
religious educational, charitable or industrial purpose: 
Provided further that an allocation so made to devote to such purpose income accruing 
during a period of more than three years may at any time not sooner than three years af ter 
the allocation was made be rescinded or varied by a subsequent resolution of the committee 
passed in the like manner.] 
107. Annual contribution to Board .– (1) Every committee shall pay annually to the 
Board for the purpose of meeting the lawful expense s of the Board a contribution in money 
out of the income of the gurdwara or gurdwaras under its management. 
1
[(2) The proportion which such contribution shall bear to the annual income of a 
gurdwara shall be fixed for each gurdwara by the Board: provided t hat it shall not exceed 
one-tenth of such income.]  
2
[(3) The Board shall be competent to reduce the amount of contribution due to the 
Board from any committee or gurdwara in any year for special reasons. Further the Board 
shall have power to prescribe the limit or annual income of the gurdwara or gurdwaras which 
may be totally exempted from making the contribution payable to the Board under the 
provisions of this section.]  
108. Formation of General Board Fund .– (1) The Board shall establish and maintain a  
fund to be called the General Board Fund, and there shall be placed to the credit thereof the 
following sums, namely– 
(i) all the annual contributions paid to the Board under the provisions of section 
107; 
(ii) all the fees for copies of accounts and of e ntries in registers levied by the 
Board under the provisions of sub -section (2) of section 114 and sub -section 
(8) of section 137. 
  (2) No sums other than those specified in sub -section (1) shall be placed to the 
credit of the General Board Fund. 
3
[(3) The General Board Fund shall be applied solely to the payment of expenses 
lawfully incurred by the Board in the exercise of its powers under the provisions of this Act, 
towards the discharge of obligations legally incurred and towards the maintenance, 
protection and support of such historical gurdwaras which in the opinion of the Board cannot 
be maintained, protected or provided for otherwise, provided that if after paying such 
expenses and discharging such obligations and affording such protection any surplu s sum 
remains, such surplus sum, up to the amount of twenty-thousand rupees in any year, may be 
spent by the Board on any religious, charitable, educational or industrial purposes and on 
such non-political purposes as are connected with the general uplift and welfare of the Panth 
as the Board may deem fit.] 
  (4) No part of the General Board Fund, shall be expended upon the administration 
of any trust fund described in section 111 or section 112, or upon the object of any such trust 
fund except in so far as  such expenditure may be permissible under the provisions of sub -
section (3). 
                                                           
1Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 34. 
2Added by the Act ibid., s. 35. 
3Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), publi shed in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 36. 
109. Funds transferred to Board by Shromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee .– If 
any sum is transferred to the Board by the Shromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, 
then:– 
(i) any portion thereof held on behalf of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara shall be paid, 
as soon as may be, to the committee of such gurdwara, and any portion held 
on behalf of any other place of worship shall be paid to such person acting on 
behalf of the place of worship, as the 
1
[Provincial Government] may approve; 
(ii) any portion not required to be paid under the provisions of clause (i) shall, in 
the first place, be used to discharge such debts of the Shromani Gurdwara 
Parbandhak Committee as may be legally recoverable; 
(iii) any portion remaining after the debts of the Shromani Gurdwara Parbandhak 
Committee have been discharged as required by clause (ii) shall be set apart 
for such religious, charitable or educational purposes as the Board in general 
meeting may determine, provided that any portion not so set apart within one 
year from the constitution of the first Board shall be handed over to the 
committee described in sub-section (2) of section 85 and shall form part of the 
funds of that committee. 
110. Funds held in Trust by the Board for specified purposes.– Every sum made over 
to the Board under the provisions of this Act by a committee of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara or 
otherwise received by the Board, for a specified religious, charitable 
2
[industrial] or 
educational purpose shall be held by the Board as a trust and shall be devoted to the 
purpose specified. 
111. General Trust Fund.– Every sum other than a sum specified in sections 107, 109, or 
110 or sub-section (2) of section 114 or sub-section (8) of section 137, shall be placed to the 
credit of a fund to be called the General Trust Fund out of which the Board in general 
meeting may from time to time make allotments for the discharge of any obligations legally 
incurred in connection therewith or for such religious , charitable 
3
[industrial] or educational 
purposes as the Board may consider proper or for grants in -aid for the maintenances or 
service of Notified Sikh Gurdwaras. 
112. Separate funds to be maintained for each trust .– The Board shall establish and 
maintain a separate fund in respect of each trust held in accordance with the provisions of 
clause (iii) of section 109 or of section 110, and may discharge out of each such fund any 
obligations legally incurred in connection therewith. 
113. Trust Funds to be dep osited in banks .– Every sum received by the Board in 
connection with any fund shall be placed to the credit of the fund in such bank as the Board 
in general meeting may direct. 
114. Board to maintain accounts of all Trust funds and of General Board Fund .– (1) 
The Board shall maintain regular accounts showing receipts on account of an expenditure 
out of the General Board Fund and separate similar accounts for each fund established 
under the provisions of section 112 and for the General Trust Fund. 
 (2) Any person having interest in a Notified Sikh Gurdwara shall on application 
being made to the Board be furnished with a copy, certified to be correct by the president or 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
2Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 37. 
3Ibid., s. 38. 
other member of the executive committee authorised by the president on this behalf, of the 
whole or of any specified part of such account. 
  (3) The Board shall charge for copies of accounts furnished under the provision 
of sub-section (1) such fees as are charged for copies of records under the control of Deputy 
Commissioners of districts under the rules for the time being in force in the Punjab. 
115. Audit of accounts.– (1) The accounts described in section 114 shall be audited and 
examined once in every year by such auditor as may from time to time be appointed by the 
1
[Provincial Government]. 
  (2) For the purpose of any such audit and examination of accounts the auditor 
may by a demand in writing require from the Board or any member or servant of the Board 
the production before him of all books, deeds, vouchers and all other documents and papers 
which he deems necessary, and may require any person holding or accountable for any 
such books, deeds, vouchers, documents or papers to appear before him at any such audit 
and examination, and to answer all questions which may be put to him with respec t to the 
same or to prepare and submit any further statement which such auditor may consider 
necessary. 
116.  Auditor’s report.– (1) Within thirty days after the audit and examination have been 
completed the auditor shall submit a report to the Board upon each account audited and 
examined, and shall forward copies of his reports to the 
2
[Provincial Government] and to the 
Commission. 
  (2) The report of the auditor shall among other matters specify all items of 
expenditure which in his opinion are illegal, i rregular or improper, all cases of failure to 
recover money or property due to the Board, all instances of loss or wasteful expenditure of 
money or property due to negligence or misconduct and all instances in which any money or 
property has been devoted to any purpose not authorised by this Act. 
  (3) The Board shall cause the report and abstracts of each account to be 
published in at least one English and one vernacular newspaper printed and published in the 
Punjab. 
117. Board to consider auditor’s report .– The Board in general meeting shall consider 
the reports of the auditor and satisfy itself that no expenditure shown therein has been 
incurred otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall pass such 
orders as are in its opinion n ecessary and proper to rectify any illegal, unauthorized or 
improper expenditure, and may pass such further orders upon the reports as it may deem 
proper. 
118. Payment of expenses of audit .– (1) The expenses incurred in the audit and 
examination of the acc ount of any fund maintained by the Board in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act shall be paid out of that fund. 
 (2) If payment of the expenses referred to in sub -section (1) is not made within 
three months from the date of the submission of a repor t as described in section 116, the 
3
[Provincial Government] may on application to it being made within six months from such 
date by the auditor recover the amount due as if it were an arrear of land revenue. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
2Ibid.  
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
119. Budget of Board .– (1) The executive committ ee shall lay before the Board at a 
general meeting to be held each year at such time as may be prescribed an estimate of the 
income and expenditure for the ensuing financial year of the Board and of each separate 
fund administered by the Board. 
 (2) The Board shall in general meeting take into consideration every estimate laid 
before it by the executive committee, and it shall be in the discretion of the Board to pass or 
reject such estimate or to modify or alter it and to pass it as so modified or altered. 
120. Accounts to be maintained by committees .– (1) The committee  
1
[or the local 
committee] of every Notified Sikh Gurdwara shall maintain a regular account, showing all 
sums received on behalf of and all disbursements made out of the funds and income of t he 
gurdwara. 
 (2) Any person having interest in the gurdwara shall, on application to the 
secretary of the committee 
2
[or the local committee], be furnished with a copy of the whole or 
any part of such account. 
 (3) The committee  
3
[or the local committee] shall charge for copies furnished 
under the provisions of sub-section (1) such fees as are charged for copies of records under 
the control of Deputy Commissioners of districts under the rules for the time being in force in 
the Punjab. 
121. Audit of committ ee’s accounts.– (1) Subject to the provisions of sub -section (5) 
every account described in section 120 shall be audited and examined once in every year by 
an auditor appointed by the Board. 
 (2) The accounts of the 
4
[local] committees described in 
5
[* * *] section 85 shall be 
audited by an auditor who may act as an auditor under the provisions of section 144 of the 
Indian Companies Act, 1913. 
 (3) The Board shall maintain a list of not less than five auditors nominated by the 
Board with the previous sanction of the 
6
[Provincial Government] for the purpose of the audit 
of the accounts of committees other than those specified in sub -section (2), and no auditor, 
whose name is not on the list, shall be appointed to audit such accounts. 
 (4) If within six months  of the constitution of the Board the Board has failed to 
nominate auditors as required by sub -section (3) the 
7
[Provincial Government] may appoint 
such number of auditors as are necessary to complete the list. 
 (5) The committee of any Notified Sikh Gurdw ara whose gross annual monetary 
income does not exceed two thousand rupees may, with the sanction of the Board, cause 
the account of such gurdwara to be audited less frequently than once in every year or may 
with like sanction dispense with the audit and examination of such account. 
 (6) For the purpose of any such audit and examination the auditor may by a 
demand in writing, require from the committee or any member or servant of the committee 
the production before him of all books, deeds, vouchers and all other documents and papers 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 39. 
2Ibid. 
3Ibid. 
4Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the P unjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 40. 
5Omitted the words and figures “subsection (2) and subsection (4) of” by the Act ibid. 
6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian La ws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
7Ibid.  
which he deems necessary, and may require any person holding or accountable for any 
such books, deeds, vouchers, documents or papers to appear before him at any such audit 
and examination and to answer all questions which may be put to him with respect to the 
same or to prepare and submit any further statement which such auditor may consider 
necessary. 
122. Report of auditor.– (1) Within thirty days after the audit and examination have been 
completed the auditor shall report to th e committee of the gurdwara upon the accounts 
audited and examined and shall forward a copy of his report to the Board, and, in the case of 
the accounts of the committees described in sub -section (2) and sub -section (4) of section 
85, shall forward a copy to the 
1
[Provincial Government] also. 
 (2) The report of the auditor shall among other matters specify all items of 
expenditure which in his opinion are illegal, irregular or improper, all cases of failure to 
recover money or property due to the gurdwara, all instances of loss or wasteful expenditure 
of money or property due to negligence or misconduct and all instances in which any money 
or property has been devoted to any purpose not authorised by this Act. 
 
2
[(3)] The auditor’s report upon the account of  a gurdwara shall be open to 
inspection by any Sikh provided that reasonable notice of intention to inspect is given by 
such Sikh to the committee. 
3
[(4)] The expenses incurred in the audit and examination of the accounts of a 
gurdwara shall be paid out of the income of the gurdwara. 
123. Budget of committees.– (1) Every committee shall submit each year to the Board at 
such time as may be prescribed an estimate of the income and expenditure for the ensuing 
financial year of the gurdwara or gurdwaras under its management. 
 (2) The Board shall scrutinize every estimate submitted in accordance with the 
provisions of sub -section (1), and if it finds that the estimate provides for expenditure not 
authorised by this Act, the Board shall direct the committee to mod ify or alter the estimate 
within a reasonable time in such manner as the Board may deem necessary, and if the 
committee does not within the time stated comply with the direction, the Board shall apply to 
the Commission to pass an order calling upon the com mittee to make such modification or 
alteration, and the Commission may, after making such enquiry as may in its opinion be 
necessary, pass any order that it considers just and proper. 
 (3) If the Board finds that an estimate submitted to it is not in accor dance with a 
scheme of administration settled under the provisions of this Act for the gurdwara to which the 
estimate relates, the Board may direct the committee to modify or alter the estimate within a 
reasonable time in such manner as the Board may deem necessary, and if the committee 
does not within the time stated comply with the direction, the Board may apply to the 
Commission to pass an order calling upon the committee to make such modification or 
alteration and the Commission may, after making such e nquiry as may in its opinion be 
necessary, pass any order that it considers just and proper. 
 (4) Nothing in this section shall apply to the committee constituted 
                                                           
1Ibid.  
2Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in t he Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated 
April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, s. 2. 
3Ibid.  
under the provisions 
1
[* *] of section 85. 
124. Recovery of contributions .– (1) The contribu tion payable under the provisions of 
section 107 shall be paid by the committee of a gurdwara after such notice and in such 
manner as may be prescribed. 
 (2) If a committee fails after due notice to pay any sum payable by it under the 
provisions of sub -section (1) the Commission shall on application being made to it by the 
Board in this behalf call upon the committee to show cause why it should not be ordered to 
pay such sum, and may after hearing such member of the committee as may be deputed by 
the committee for this purpose, pass an order directing the committee to pay the sum found 
payable either in a lump sum or by instalments, as it deems fit. 
CHAPTER X 
Powers and duties of the board 
125. Powers and duties of the Board generally .– It shall be the duty of the Board to 
ensure that every committee deals with the property and income of the gurdwara or 
gurdwaras managed by it in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and for the fulfilment 
of this duty and subject to the provisions of, and in addition to the powers conferred upon the 
Board by, this Act, the 
2
[control, direction and] general superintendence over all committees 
appointed under the provisions of this Act shall vest in the Board. 
126. Restriction of powers of the Board .– The Board shall not in any manner interfere 
with or have any control over or connection with any place of public worship in the Punjab 
otherwise than as provided in this Act. 
127. Board may hold and administer Trusts .– It shall be competent for the Board to 
hold and administe r trust funds for purposes of a religious, charitable, 
3
[educational or 
industrial nature], whether such funds are derived from allotments duly made by a committee 
out of the surplus funds or income of a gurdwara under its management or from donations, 
or contributions or endowments made direct to the Board for such purposes. 
128. Control by Board over Executive Committees .– The Board in general meeting 
may at any time call upon its executive committee to report upon any matter within the 
jurisdiction of the Board and may require the executive committee to take any such action as 
lies under the provisions of this Act within the powers of the Board. 
129. What matters may be discussed by Board in general meeting.– The Board in any 
meeting may consider and discuss any matter with which it has power under this Act to deal 
and any matter directly connected with the Sikh religion, but shall not consider or discuss, or 
pass any resolution or order upon, any other matter. 
130. Settling of schemes of administration.– (1) When at any time the committee or the 
Board is of opinion that for the proper administration of the property, endowments, funds and 
income of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara a scheme should be settled, the Board and the 
committee shall consult together and if  they agree upon a scheme the scheme shall be 
described in writing and the committee shall give effect thereto. 
                                                           
1Omitted the words, brackets and figure  “of subsection (1)” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 41. 
2Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 42. 
3Substituted for the words “or educational nature” by the Act ibid., s. 43. 
 (2) If at such consultation the committee and the Board do not agree upon a 
scheme, the Committee or the Board may apply to the Commission, and  the Commission, 
after hearing such members of the committee and of the Board respectively, as may be 
deputed for this purpose by the committee and the Board respectively, and any such other 
persons as it may consider proper to hear, may itself settle such  scheme as it considers just 
and proper and pass an order giving effect thereto. 
 (3) When at any time the committee and the Board, after consultation together, 
are of opinion that a scheme settled under the provisions of sub -section (1) or sub -section 
(2) should, in the interests of the proper administration of the property, endowments, funds 
and income of the gurdwara, be set aside or modified and the committee and the Board are 
in agreement in respect of the matter, the decision of the Board and the comm ittee shall be 
recorded and effect thereto given by the committee. 
 (4) If the committee or the Board is of opinion that in the interests of the proper 
administration of the property endowments, funds or income of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara a 
scheme settled under the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) should be set aside 
or modified, and the Board and the committee are not in agreement upon the matter, the 
committee or Board may apply to the Commission to have the scheme set aside or modified 
as desired, and the Commission after hearing such members of the committee and of the 
Board respectively as may be deputed for this purpose by the committee and the Board 
respectively and any such other persons as it may consider proper to hear, may itself s et 
aside or settle such scheme as it considers just and proper and pass an order giving effect 
thereto. 
131. Exclusion of Board acting as committee from operation of section 130 .– 
Nothing contained in section 130 shall apply to the  committee constituted un der the 
provisions 
1
[* *] of section 85. 
132. Power of Board to make bye -laws.– (1) The Board may in general meeting make 
bye-laws, not inconsistent with this Act, regulating its procedure, and the fees to be levied 
under the provisions of sub -section (8) of section 137, provided that the Board shall not, 
without the previous sanction of the 
2
[Provincial Government], make any bye-law– 
(a) prescribing the form in which the budgets of the Board and of committees shall 
be presented; 
(b) providing for the custo dy and investment of the funds of the Board and 
prescribing the procedure by which sanction of the Board may be accorded to 
the deposits of surplus funds in specified banks; 
(c) prescribing the qualifications of candidates for membership of the Board and 
committees; 
and provided further that no bye -law falling within the purview of clause (c) shall 
impose any disqualification upon a Sikh only because he is a Sahjdhari Sikh. 
 (2) All bye-laws requiring the previous sanction of the 
3
[Provincial Government] 
under the provisions of sub -section (1) shall when made be published in the 
4
[Official 
Gazette]. 
                                                           
1Deleted the words, brackets and figure “of subsection (1)” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 44. 
2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
3Ibid.  
4Substituted for the word “Gazette” by the Order ibid. 
CHAPTER XI 
Powers and duties of committees 
133. General powers of committees.– Subject to the provisions of this Act, a committee 
shall have full powers of control over the office-holders and dependents of, and all properties 
and income of whatever description belonging to, the gurdwara or gurdwaras under its 
management and of enforcing the proper observance of all ceremonies and religious 
observances in connectio n with such gurdwara or gurdwaras and of taking all such 
measures as may be necessary to ensure the proper management of the gurdwara or 
gurdwaras and the efficient administration of the property, income and endowments thereof. 
134. Powers of committee to dismiss office-holders.– The committee may suspend or 
dismiss any office -holder, provided that it shall not dismiss a hereditary office -holder or a 
minister unless it finds that such office-holder or minister– 
(a) makes persistent default in the submission  of budgets, accounts, reports or 
returns which it is his duty to submit, or 
(b) wilfully disobeys lawful orders issued by the committee, or 
(c) is guilty of any malfeasance, misfeasance, breach of trust or neglect of duty in 
respect of a trust, or 
(d) has misappropriated or improperly dealt with, the properties of the gurdwara or 
(e) is of unsound mind or physically unfit to discharge the functions of his office, or 
(f) is guilty of misconduct of such a character as to render him morally unfit for his 
office, or 
(g) fails persistently to perform his duties in connection with the management or 
performance of public worship or the management or performance of any rituals 
and ceremonies in accordance with the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, or 
(h) has ceased to be a Sikh. 
1
[Provided that nothing contained in the provisions of this section shall debar the 
committee from prescribing with the approval of the Board the maximum period of service or 
age limit for its employees, including the Ministers of the Gurd waras under its management. 
After the prescribed period of service or age limit, the employees, including the Ministers 
shall have to retire.] 
135. Procedure when hereditary office -holder or minister is dismissed .– (1) 
Whenever the dismissal of a hereditar y office-holder or of a minister is ordered, the order 
shall, except when it is based on facts or conclusions established at a judicial trial or when 
such office-holder or minister is absconding, be preceded by a recorded enquiry, and at such 
enquiry a definite charge in writing shall be framed in respect of each offence and explained 
to such office -holder or minister; the evidence in support of it and any evidence which he 
may adduce in his defence shall be recorded in his presence and his defence shall be  taken 
down in writing, and on each of the charges framed a finding shall be recorded. 
 (2) A committee may suspend a hereditary office-holder or a minister pending an 
enquiry into the charges framed against him. 
 (3) Any hereditary office -holder who has b een suspended or dismissed may 
within three months of the date of the order of suspension or dismissal, as the case may be, 
appeal either to the Board or to the Commission as he may elect: if he elects to appeal to the 
                                                           
1Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 45. 
Board the order of the Board shall be  final, and if he elects to appeal to the Commission a 
further appeal shall lie to the High Court from the order of the Commission, provided that 
such appeal shall be made within ninety days of the date of the order. 
 (4) Any minister other than a hereditary office-holder who has been suspended or 
dismissed may within ninety days of the date of the order of suspension or dismissal, as the 
case may be, appeal to the Board and the order of the Board shall be final. 
 (5) When no appeal is preferred against an order of a committee suspending or 
dismissing a hereditary office -holder or a minister, as the case may be, such order shall be 
final. 
 (6) If in the opinion of the Board a hereditary office -holder or any minister of a 
Notified Sikh Gurdwara may be dismiss ed in accordance with the provisions of section 134, 
the Board may move the committee of such gurdwara to dismiss him, and if the committee 
does not within one month of being so moved dismiss such office -holder or minister, the 
Board may apply to the Commi ssion to order his removal, and if the Commission finds that 
such office-holder or minister may be so dismissed, it may order his dismissal. 
 (7) When an application has been made to the Commission under the provisions 
of sub-section (6) the Commission may suspend from office, pending its decision, the person 
against whom the application has been made. 
 (8) Any hereditary office-holder dismissed under the provisions of sub-section (6) 
may, within ninety days of the date of the order of dismissal, appeal to the High Court. 
 (9) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub -section (3) or sub -section (4), 
when the Board acting as a committee under the provisions 
1
[* *] of section 85 orders the 
suspension or dismissal of a hereditary office-holder, an appeal from such order shall lie only 
to the commission with a further appeal to the High Court as provided in sub-section (3), and 
when the Board acting as such committee orders the suspension or dismissal of a minister 
other than a hereditary office -holder the order of the Board shall be final; and nothing 
contained in sub-section (6), (7) or (8) shall  be apply to the Board acting as such committee. 
136. Appointment of ministers and office -holders.– (1) If after the commencement of 
this Act any vacancy occurs in an office connected with a Notified Sikh Gurdwara whether by 
reason of the death, dismissal or resignation of the office -holder or for any other reason, the 
committee of the gurdwara may appoint any person who in its opinion is qualified for the 
office to fill the vacancy: provided that if the last holder of the office was a hereditary office -
holder who had not before the vacancy occurred received compensation under the 
provisions of section 20, and there is a presumptive successor of such last office-holder who 
desires to be appointed and has not received compensation under the provisions of section 
20 the committee shall appoint such presumptive successor unless, in its opinion, he has not 
been properly ordained or his moral character is such as to render him unsuitable or his 
education has not been sufficient to render him fit for appointment. 
 (2) If any presumptive successor claims to be appointed to fill a vacancy in 
accordance with the provisions of sub -section (1) and the committee rejects his claim, he 
may, unless the committee is the Board acting as a committee under the provisions 
2
[* *] of 
section 85, within thirty days of the date of such rejection, appeal to the Board and the 
decisions of the Board shall be final. 
                                                           
1Omitted the words, brackets and figure “of subsection (1)” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (A mendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 46. 
2Omitted the words, brackets and figure “of subsection (1)” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 47. 
137. Registers to be kept for gurdwa ras.– (1) The committee of every Notified Sikh 
Gurdwara, shall, as soon as may be, prepare registers in which shall be entered– 
(a) the names of past and present ministers of the gurdwara so far as these are 
known; 
(b) particulars of all immovable properties of the gurdwara, and the documents, if 
any, relating thereto;  
(c) particulars of the scheme of administration, if any; 
(d) the names of all offices connected with the gurdwara to which any salary, 
emoluments or perquisite is attached and the nature, pe riod and conditions of 
service in each case; 
(e) the jewels, gold, silver, precious stones, vessels and utensils and other 
movable property belonging to the gurdwara with their estimated value; and  
(f) such other particulars as the Board may direct. 
 (2) The register shall be submitted through the committee to the Board within 
such period after the commencement of this Act as the Board may direct. 
 (3) The Board, after checking them, may direct that the registers be corrected in 
such manner as appears to be necessary. 
 (4) The registers as approved by the Board shall be kept by the committee of the 
gurdwara to which they relate, and copies thereof shall be kept by the Board. 
 (5) The committee shall cause the entries in the registers to be scrutinised 
annually and shall submit to the Board for its approval a verified statement showing the 
alterations, omissions or additions required therein. 
 (6) The Board may after checking the statement direct such alterations, 
omissions or additions to be made in the registers as it finds to be necessary. 
 (7) A copy of every order passed under the provisions of sub -section (3) or sub -
section (6) shall be communicated to the committee and the committee shall carry out the 
alterations, omissions or additions ordered by the Board in the registers. 
 (8) The president of the Board or any servant authorised by him on this behalf or 
the president of the committee may grant copies of the registers or of any entries therein on 
payment of such fees as the Board may by bye -law prescribe; such copies shall be certified 
by the president of the Board or committee, as the case may be, in the manner provided in 
section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872
1
. 
 (9) Nothing contained in sub -section (2), (3), (4), (6) or (7) or in sub -section (5) 
with the exception of the provision for the annual scrutiny of entries in registers shall apply to 
the committee constituted under the provisions 
2
[* *] of section 85. 
138. Alienation of immovable Trust property .– 
3
[No exchange, sale, mortgage or other 
alienation of immovable property belonging to a Notified Sikh Gurdwara shall be valid unless 
it is sanctioned by the committee of the Gurdwara and by the Board, provided that the 
sanction of the Board shall not be necessary in the case of a lease of any such property for a 
term which does not exceed the remaining term of the existing committee by a period of 
more than one year.] 
                                                           
1Now Qanoon-e-Shahdat, 1984 (X of 1984). 
2Omitted the words, brackets and figure “of subsection (1)” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 48. 
3Subsituted by the Act ibid., s. 49. 
139. Power of committee to make regulations .– A committee of a Notified Sikh 
Gurdwara may make regulations not inconsistent with th e provisions of this Act or with any 
rules or bye -laws made thereunder, to regulate its procedure, provided that without the 
previous sanction of the Board no regulation shall be made– 
(i) authorising by name or office any person to receive, or sign acknow ledgements 
of the receipt of any money on behalf of the committee, or 
(ii) prescribing the form in which accounts, returns and reports relating to the 
management of a gurdwara shall be maintained or submitted. 
140. Power of committee to make regulations re offerings at Sikh Gurdwaras .– (1) 
The committee of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara may from time to time make regulations for the 
purpose of determining what portion of the offerings made at or in connection with such 
gurdwara shall be deemed to be the property o f the gurdwara and regulating the division of 
such offerings or any portion of them between the various office-holders of such gurdwara. 
 (2) If no regulations have been made by a committee under the provisions of 
sub-section (1) all offerings made at, or in connection with, a Notified Sikh gurdwara shall be 
deemed to be the property of such gurdwara. 
CHAPTER XII 
Miscellaneous 
141. Salaries of office -holders to be their property .– The salary and allowances of a 
minister or other office-holder of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara and any property acquired by him 
out of his salary and allowances shall be the property of such minister or office-holder. 
142. Right of interested persons to complain to commission in respect of 
misfeasance, etc.– 
1
[(1) Notwithstanding anyth ing contained in section 92 of the Code of 
Civil Procedure, 1908, or in the Specific Relief Act, 1877, any person having interest in a 
Notified Sikh Gurdwara may, without joining any of the other persons interested therein, 
make an application to the Commi ssion, against the Board, the Executive Committee of the 
Board, or the Committee, or local committee, or against any member or past member of the 
Board, of the Executive Committee or of the Committee, or of the local Committee or against 
any office -holder or past officeholder of the Gurdwara or against any employee past or 
present of the Board or Gurdwara in respect of any alleged malfeasance, misfeasance, 
breach of trust, neglect of duty, abuse of powers conferred by this Act or any alleged 
expenditure on a purpose not authorised by this Act and the Commission, if finds any such 
malfeasance, misfeasance, breach of trust, neglect of duty, abuse of powers or expenditure 
proved, may consistently with the provisions of this Act and of any other law or enactment  in 
force for the time being, direct any specific act to be done or forborne for the purpose of 
remedying the same and may award damages or costs against the person responsible for 
the same, and may order the removal of any office -holder or member of the B oard, 
Executive Committee or Committee or local Committee responsible for the same and may 
also disqualify any member of the Board, Executive Committee, or Committee or local 
Committee thus removed from such membership for a period not exceeding five years  from 
the date of such removal.  
 (2) The Board may make a similar application to the Commission which may, in 
like manner, dispose of it.  
                                                           
1Subsituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 50.  
 (3) The Board or any person aggrieved by an order passed by the Commission 
under the provisions of subsection (1) o r subsection (2) may, within ninety days of the 
orders, appeal to the High Court.]  
143. Notice of application to be given .– No application shall be made under the 
provisions of section 142 against the Board or a committee until the expiry of two months 
after notice in writing has been delivered to the Board or to the committee, as the case may 
be, stating the cause of action, the name, description and place of residence of the applicant 
and the relief which he claims, and the application shall contain a st atement that such notice 
has been delivered. 
144. Government not to interfere with gurdwaras except as provided by this Act or 
any other Act .– Save as provided in this or any other Act, it shall not be lawful for the 
1
[Provicial Government] or for any exec utive officer of the 
2
[Provincial Government] in his 
official capacity to undertake or assume the superintendence of any land or other property 
granted for the support of, or otherwise belonging to, any Notified Sikh Gurdwara, to take 
any part in the manag ement or appropriation of any endowment made for its maintenance, 
or to nominate or appoint any office -holder of, or be concerned in any way with such 
gurdwara. 
145. Act of Board or committee not to be invalidated by informality .– No act of the 
Board, or i ts executive committee or of a committee shall be held invalid in any judicial 
proceeding on the ground of any defect in the constitution of the Board, executive committee 
or committee, as the case may be, or on account of any irregularity in the procedure  of the 
Board, executive committee or committee, as the case may be, unless the defect or 
irregularity has occasioned a failure of justice. 
146. Power of 
3
[Provincial Government ] to make rules .– (1) The 
4
[Prvincial 
Government] may make rules
5
 not inconsist ent with the Act to carry out all or any of the 
purposes of the Act. 
 (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, 
the 
6
[Provincial Government] may make rules for– 
(i) the registration of electors; 
(ii) the nomination o f candidates, the times of elections to be held under the 
provisions of this Act, the mode of recording and counting votes and the 
declaration of the results of such elections; 
(iii) the conduct of enquiries and the decision of disputes relative to elections; 
(iv) the definition of the practices at elections held under the provisions of this Act 
which are to be deemed to be corrupt; 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
2Ibid.  
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
4Ibid.  
5For rules, see Home Department Notification No. 4289-S., dated 12th October, 1925, Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated October 16, 
1925, pp. 712-713, Notification No. 4290-S, dated 12th October, 1925, vide Gazette ibid., pp. 716-723, Notification No. 4291-S, 
dated 12th October, 1925, vide Gazette ibid., pp. 730-738, Notification No. 27176, dated 7th December, 1925, vide Gazette ibid., 
dated December 11, 1925, pp. 921-923, Notification No. 27342, dated 9th December, 1925, vide Gazette ibid., dated December 
11, 1925, pp. 924-925, Notification No. 4041-S, dated 2nd September, 1926, vide Gazette ibid., dated 1926, Extraordinary, p. 67 
and Notification No. 3336, dated 28th September, 1926, vide Gazette ibid., dated October 1, 1926, p. 918.  
6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
(v) the investigation of allegations of corrupt practices at such elections; 
(vi) making void the election of any person prove d to have been guilty of a corrupt 
practice or to have connived at or abetted the commission of a corrupt practice 
or whose agent has been so proved guilty, or the result of whose election has 
been materially affected by the breach of any law or rule for t he time being in 
force; 
(vii) rendering incapable of office, either permanently or for a term of years, any 
person who may have been proved guilty as aforesaid of a corrupt practice or of 
conniving at or abetting the same; 
(viii) prescribing the authority by which questions relating to the matters referred to in 
clause (i), (ii), (iii), (v), (vi) or (vii) shall be determined; 
(ix) the method by which the income of a gurdwara shall be calculated for the 
purpose of fixing the annual contribution described in section 107; and 
(x) the authority to whom, and the manner in which petitions, applications and records 
of suits or proceedings which may or should under the provisions of this Act be 
presented, made or forwarded, as the case may be, to a tribunal or to th e 
Commission, as the case may be, are to be presented, made or forwarded when a 
tribunal or the Commission has not been constituted or is not sitting. 
147. Powers of the  
1
[Provincial Government] to invest with judicial powers officers 
appointed to enquire into conduct of elections.– The 
2
[Provincial Government] may invest 
any person or persons authorised by it to hold an enquiry into the conduct of, or into 
allegations of corrupt practices at, an election held under the provisions of this Act, with all or 
any of the powers conferred upon commissioners appointed to hold an inquiry into an election 
by the provisions of Part II of the Indian Election Offences and Inquiries Act, 1920
3
, and may 
prescribe the procedure to be followed, and provide for the execution of any order as to costs 
passed by such person or persons in such inquiry. 
148. Language of the Commission.– The language of the Commission shall be such as 
the Commission may from time to time determine. 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  
2Ibid.  
3Now the Election Offences and Inquries Act, 1920. 
SCHEDULE I 
[see sections 3 and 89] 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
1 Lahore Lahore Lahore City Janam Asthan 
Guru Ram Das 
Ji  
As prescribed in 
section 85. 
2 “ “ “ Dera Sahib  Ditto. 
3 “ “ “ Baoli Sahib  Ditto. 
4 “ “ “ Lal Khuhi  Ditto. 
5 “ “ “ Paihli Padshahi  Ditto. 
6 “ “ “ Chhevin 
Padshahi  
Ditto. 
7 “ “ “ Shahid Ganj 
Bhai Taru Singh  
Ditto. 
8 “ “ “ Shahid Ganj 
Bhai Mani Singh  
Ditto. 
9 “ “ “ Diwan Khana 
(excluding 
shrine of Lali 
Devi). 
Ditto. 
10 “ “ “ Budhuda Awa Ditto. 
11 “ “ Muzang Chhevin 
Padshahi 
Ditto. 
12 “ “ Hudiara Hudiara 
1
[(Gurdawara 
Chhevin 
Padshahi)]  
Zail Jahman. 
13 “ “ Padhana Padhana 
2
[(Gurdawara 
Chhevin 
Padshahi)] 
Revenue estate 
of Padhana. 
14 “ “ Dhilwan Dhilwan 
3
[(Gurdawara 
Chhevin 
Padshahi)]  
Revenue estate 
of Dhilwan. 
15 “ “ Ghawindi Ghawindi Revenue estates 
of Ghawind and 
Ghawindi. 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 
1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (1) of s. 3.  
2Ibid.  
3Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 
1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (3) of s. 3.  
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
16 “ “ Kamas Kamas Zails of 
Rangilpur, 
Jodhdhir and 
Badoke. 
17 “ “ 1
[Dera Chahil] 
2
[Chahil 
(Gurdawara 
Paihli 
Padshahi)]  
Revenue estates 
of 
3
[Dera Chahi l] 
and Kurbath. 
18 “ 4
[Chunian] Kanganpur Kanganpur 
5
[(Gurdawara 
Paihli 
Padshahi)] 
Revenue estate 
of Kanganpur. 
19 “ “ Manga Manga 
6
[(Gurdawara 
Paihli 
Padshahi)] 
Zails of 
Rangilpur, 
Jodhdhir and 
Baddoke. 
20 “ “ Guru Mangat 
7
[Kohna] 
Guru Mangat 
8
[(Gurdawara 
Chhevin 
Padshahi)] 
Revenue 
9
[estates of Guru 
Mangat Kohna, 
Ichchra and 
Lahore 
Cantonment]  
21 “ “ Amar Sidhu Amar Sidhu 
10
[(Gurdawara 
Chhevin 
Padshahi)]  
Revenue estate 
of Amar Sidhu. 
22 “ “ Kahna Kahna Zail of Kahna. 
23 “ Kasur Rattoki 11
[Gurdawara 
Baba Bir Singh] 
Revenue estates 
of Rattoki, 
Gujjal, Asal, 
Uttar and 
Waltoha. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the word “Chaihal” by the Act ibid., sub-section (4) of s. 3.  
2Ibid.  
3Ibid.  
4Substituted for the word “Lahore” by the Act ibid., sub-section (5) of s. 3.  
5Inserted by the Act ibid.  
6Ibid., sub-section (6) of s. 3.  
7Ibid., sub-section (7) of s. 3.  
8Ibid.  
9Substituted for the words “estate of Mangat” by the Act ibid. 
10Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 
1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (8) of s. 3.  
11Substituted for the word “Rattoki” by the Act ibid., sub-section (9) of s. 3.  
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
24 “ Chunian 1
[Jambar] Kalan 
2
[Gurdawara 
Panjam 
Padshahi] 
Revenue estates 
of 
3
[Jambar] 
Kalan, Jambhar 
Khurd and 
Khanki Maur. 
25 “ “ Bhai Pheru Bhai Pheru 
4
[(Gurdawara 
Sangat Sahib)] 
Tahsil of 
Chunian. 
26 Amritsar Amritsar Amritsar City Sri Harmandir 
Sahib (Darbar 
Sahib) 
As prescribed in 
section 85. 
27 “ “ “ Akal Takht 
Sahib 
5
[(Akal 
Bunga)] 
Ditto. 
28 “ “ “ Baba Atal Sahib Ditto. 
29 “ “ “ Kaulsar and Mai 
Kaulan da 
Asthan 
Ditto. 
30 “ “ “ Ram Sar 
6
[Manji 
Sahib] 
Ditto. 
31 “ “ “ Bibeksar Ditto. 
32 “ “ “ Tahli Sahib with 
Santokh Sar 
Ditto. 
33 “ “ “ Churasti Atari Ditto. 
34 “ “ “ Guru ke Maihl Ditto. 
35 “ “ “ Lohgarh Ditto. 
36 “ “ “ Thara Sahib Ditto. 
37 “ “ “ Pipli Sahib Ditto. 
38 Amritsar Amritsar Amritsar City Chhawani 
Nahangan 
7
[(Angitha Guru 
Naina Singh)] 
As prescribed in 
section 85. 
39 “ “ ” Shahid Ganj 
Baba Dip Singh 
Ji 
Ditto. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the word “Jhambar” by the Act ibid., sub-section (10) of s. 3.  
2Substituted for the words “Jhambar Kalan” by the Act ibid.  
3Substituted for the word “Jhambar” by the Act ibid.  
4Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (11) of s. 3.  
5Ibid., sub-section (12) of s. 3.  
6Ibid., sub-section (13) of s. 3.  
7Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 
1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (14) of s. 3.  
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
40 “ “ Chabba Sangrana Sahib Revenue estate 
of Chabba. 
41 “ “ 1
[Wallah] Walla Sahib Zail of Verka 
(excluding 
Amritsar 
Municipal area). 
42 “ “ Baba Bakala Baba Bakala The police 
station area of 
Beas. 
43 “ “ Chabba Chabba Revenue estate 
of Chabba. 
44 “ “ Wadali Guru 2
[Damdama 
Sahib] 
Zail of Chabba. 
45 “ “ Ditto. Chheharta 
Sahib 
Ditto. 
46 “ “ Mian Randhawa Udoke Revenue estate 
of Udoke and 
mian Randhawa. 
47 “ “ Sultanwind Damdama 
Sahib 
Revenue Estate 
of Sultanwind. 
48 “ “ Verka Nanak Sar Revenue estate 
of Verka. 
49 “ Tarn Taran Khara Dukh Niwaran Revenue estates 
of Thathi and 
Khara. 
50 “ “ Tarn Taran Sri Darbar 
Sahib 
As prescribed in 
section 85. 
51 “ “ Naurangabad Gurdwara Baba 
3
[Wir] Singh Ji 
Zail of Rasulpur. 
52 “ “ Khadur Sahib Sri Darbar 
Sahib Khadur 
Sahib 
Revenue estate 
of Khadur Sahib. 
53 “ “ Goindwal Baoli Sahib Revenue estate 
of Goindwal. 
54 “ “ Chabhal Kalan Bibi Wiro Ji da 
Asthan 
Revenue estate 
of Chabhal 
Kalan. 
55 “ “ 4
[Khan Chhabri] Chhabri Sahib Revenue estates 
of Khan Chhabri, 
Jama Rai and 
Fatehabad. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the word “Chabba” by the Act ibid., sub-section (15) of s. 3.  
2Substituted for the word “Guru-ki-Wadali” by the Act ibid., sub-section (16) of s. 3.  
3Substituted for the word “Bir” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, 
Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (17) of s. 3.  
4Substituted for the word “Chhabri” by the Act ibid., sub-section (18) of s. 3.  
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
56 “ “ Sarhali Kalan Chobacha 
Sahib 
Revenue estate 
of Sarhali Kalan. 
57 “ “ Chohla Chohla Sahib Police Station 
area of Sarhali. 
58 “ “ Basarke Basarke Zail of Kasel. 
59 “ “ Gaggo Buha Gaggo Buha Revenue estate 
of Gaggo Buha. 
60 “ “ Hoshiarnagar Guru Sar 
Satlani 
Zails of Chicha, 
Gumtala, Attari, 
1
[Chabba] and 
Kasel. 
61 “ “ Thatha Bir Sahib Zail of Panjwar. 
62 “ “ Lohar Dera Sahib Revenue estate 
of Lohar and 
Jamrai. 
63 “ Ajnala Ghokewali Guru-ka-Bagh Tahsil Ajnala. 
64 “ “ Dalla Dalla-Kiralgarh Zail of 
Chawinda. 
65 “ “ 2
[**] Barar 
3
[Barar Madoke] Revenue Estate 
of 
4
[Madoke] and 
Bara. 
66 “ “ Ram Das Ram Das Police station 
areas of Ram 
Das and Ajnala. 
67 “ “ Jandiala Maihl Jandiala Revenue estate 
of 
5
[Kandowali, 
Sakhtonangal 
Pthan-nangal 
and Chetanpura]  
68 Gurdaspur Batala Batala Dera Sahib Zail of Batala. 
69 Gurdaspur Batala 6
[Salho Chahal] Achal Sahib 
Gurdwara 
(excluding 
Shiwala Talab 
Kalan and 
Shiwala 
Bhandarian). 
Revenue estates 
of 
7
[Salho 
Chahal] Chahal, 
Batala and 
Misarpur. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the word “Chabha” by the Act ibid., sub-section (19) of s. 3.  
2Omitted the words “Madhoke and” by the Sikh Gu rdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (20) of s. 3. 
3Substituted for the words “Madoki Barar” by the Act ibid.  
4Substituted for the word “Madoki” by the Act ibid.  
5Substituted for the word “Jandiala” by the Act ibid., sub-section (21) of s. 3.  
6Substituted for the word “Chahal” by the Act ibid., sub-section (22) of s. 3. 
7Inserted by the Act ibid. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
70 “ “ 1
[Pakhoke Dera 
Nanak]. 
Darbar Sahib, 
Dera Baba 
Nanak 
Tehsil of Batala. 
71 “ “ 2
[Talwara] Damdama 
Sahib 
3
[Police Station 
of Srigobindpur]. 
72 “ “ 4
[Pakhoke, Dera 
Nanak] 
Chola Sahib 
(including 
Langar Mandar 
Chola Sahib) 
Zail of 
Singhpura. 
73 “ “ Teja 
5
[kalan] Teja Tahsil of Batala. 
74 “ “ Othian Othian Zails of Bhular, 
Dholpur and 
Marar. 
75 “ Gurdaspur Fateh Nangal Burj Sahib Revenue estates 
of Fateh Nangal, 
Rania and 
Dhariwal (mills). 
76 “ “ Gurdaspur Jhulna Mahal Revenue estates 
of Gurdaspur, 
Shahzada 
Nangal and Kotli 
Nangal. 
77 “ “ Dhariwal Gurdwara 
Dhariwal 
Revenue estates 
of Gurdas  
Nangal, 
Japuwal, Sohal 
and Dhariwal. 
78 “ “ Bhumbli Bhumbli Revenue estates 
of Bhumbli, 
Alawalpur and 
Babri Nangal. 
79 “ Shakargarh Kot Naina Darbar Kot 
Naina 
Zails of Sujawal 
and Kot Bachna. 
80 “ “ Doda Kartarpur Sahib Tahsils of 
Batala, 
Gurdaspur, 
Shakargarh and 
Narowal. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Pakhoke, Dera Baba Nanak” by the Act ibid., sub-section (23) of s. 3. 
2Substituted for the word “Srigobindpur” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (25) of s. 3. 
3Substituted for the words “Revenue estate” by the Act ibid., sub-section (24) of s. 3. 
4Substituted for the words “Pakhoke, Dera Baba Nanak” by the Act ibid., sub-section (26) of s. 3. 
5Substituted for the word “Khurd” by the Act ibid., sub-section (27) of s. 3. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
81 “ Pathankot Bharat Lahri Darbar Sahib 
Bharat 
Tahsil of 
Pathankot. 
82 Sialkot Sialkot Sialkot City Babe-de-Ber Tahsil of Sialkot. 
83 “ “ “ Shahid Bunga  Ditto. 
84 “ “ “ Baoli Sahib 1
[Tehsil of 
Sialkot] 
85 “ “ Salehpur Tahli Sahib 
2
[(Guru Sar)]  
3
[Tehsil of 
Sialkot]  
86 “ Daska Sahowala Gurdwara 
Nanaksar 
Revenue estate 
of Sahowwala. 
87 “ “ Galotian Khurd Darbar Sahib 
Guru Har Rai 
Sahib 
Revenue estates 
of Galotian 
Khurd and 
Sabho Sarai. 
88 “ “ Sihoke Gurdwara 
Nankana Sahib 
Revenue estate 
of Sihoke. 
89 “ Narowal Nunar Nunar Zails of 
Dhamthal and 
Baiolpur. 
90 Gujranwala Gujranwala Eminabad Rohri Sahib Tahsil of 
Gujranwala. 
91 “ “ “ Chakki Sahib 
4
[(Dharmsala 
Sangalwali alias 
Kundewali)]   
Tahsil of 
Gujranwala. 
92 “ “ Chak Ram Das Dera Baba 
Parana 
Revenue estate 
of Chak Ram 
Das. 
93 “ “ Mattu Bhaike Gurdwara Mattu 
Bhaike 
5
[(Gurdwara 
Chhevin 
Padshahi)]  
Police Station 
area of 
Naushera 
Virkan. 
94 “ Wazirabad Wazirabad Guru Kotha Police station 
areas of Sadar 
Wazirabad and 
City Wazirabad. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Municipal area of Sialkot” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published 
in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (28) of s. 3. 
2Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (29) of s. 3. 
3Substituted for the words “Revenue estate of Salehpur” by the Act ibid. 
4Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (30) of s. 3. 
5Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 
1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (31) of s. 3. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
95 “ “ “ Dharmsala Bhai 
Abnasha Singh 
Tahsil of 
Wazirabad. 
96 “ Hafizabad Bache Nau Bache Nau Tahsil of 
Hafizabad. 
97 “ “ Hafizabad Chhevin 
Padshahi 
Ditto. 
98 Sheikhupura Sheikhupura Chuhar Kana Sacha Sauda 
(or Khara 
Sauda) 
Tahsils of 
Sheikhupura and 
Nankana Sahib. 
99 “ Shahdara Nangal Sadhan Nangal Sadhan Zails of Kot Pindi 
Das, Moridke 
and Nat. 
100 “ “ Nankana Sahib Janam Asthan As prescribed in 
section 85. 
101 “ “ “ Gurdwara Bal 
Lila 
Ditto. 
102 “ “ “ Kiara Sahib Ditto. 
103 “ “ “ Mal Ji Sahib Ditto. 
104 “ “ “ Chhevin 
Padshahi 
Ditto. 
105 “ “ “ Tambu Sahib Ditto. 
106 “ “ Haft Madar Gurdwara Haft 
Madar 
Zail of Kila 
Dharm Singh. 
107 Gujrat Gujrat Gujrat Chhevin 
Padshahi 
Tahsil of Gujrat. 
108 “ Phalia Mangat Bhai Bano Ji Tahsil of Phalia. 
109 “ “ Ker Bawa Ker Bawawali Ditto. 
110 Attock Attock Hassan Abdal Panjah Sahib As prescribed in 
section 85. 
111 Jhelum Jhelum Rakh Rohtas Choha Sahib Tahsil of 
Jhelum. 
112 Shahpur Sargodha 1[Mansehra 
Chak 127, S.B.] 
Guru Sar Revenue estates 
of 2[Mansehra 
Chak 127, S.B.], 
Chak 128, Chak 
131, Chak 129, 
S.B. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Chak 127 -S.B.” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the 
Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (32) of s. 3. 
2Substituted for the words “Chak 127” by the Act ibid. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
113 Montgomery Montgomery Chak 103, 7-R Nanak Sar (or 
Dera Baba 
Nanak) 
Police station 
area of Harappa. 
114 - - Kamalia Prem Sati Police station 
1[areas of 
Kamalia and 
Kassowal]   
115 - Pakpattan Nanaksar Nankana Sahib Zails of 
2[Pakpattan], 
Kumariwala and 
Malekataru. 
116 -
 Dipalpur Dipalpur Gurdwara Paihli 
Padshahi 
Zails of Dipalpur 
and Mancheris. 
117 -
 Okara Nankana Jagir Nankana Sahib Zails of 
3[Kamman and 
Mopalke] 
118 Hoshiarpur Una Anandpur Sri Takht 
Kesgarh Sahib 
As Prescribed in 
section 85. 
119 “ “ 4
[Anandpur] Taragrah The same as 
prescribed for 
No.120. 
120 “ “ Anandpur Navin Padshahi 
Guru Tegh 
Bahadur 
As prescribed in 
section 85. 
121 “ “ “ Bohra Sahib Ditto. 
122 “ “ “ Damdama 
Sahib 
Ditto. 
123 “ “ 5
[Lodhpur] Qila Anandgarh 
Sahib 
Ditto. 
124 “ “ 6
[
7
[Bhatoli]] Charan Kanwal Ditto. 
125 “ “ Lodhipur Lohgarh The same as 
prescribed for 
No.120. 
126 “ “ Basali 
8
[Nurpur] Basali Ditto. 
127 “ “ 9
[Anandpur] Holgarh Ditto. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “area of Kmalia” by the Act ibid., sub-section (33) of s. 3. 
2Substituted for the word “Pattan” by the Act ibid., sub-section (34) of s. 3. 
3Substituted for the words “Kamas and Satgarhe” by the Act ibid., sub-section (35) of s. 3. 
4Substituted for the word “Tarapur” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (36) of s. 3. 
5Substituted for the word “Anandpur” by the Act ibid., sub-section (37) of s. 3. 
6Ibid., sub-section (38) of s. 3. 
7Sustitued for the word “Kiratpu” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) vide Notification No. 116, dated 8th 
October 1930, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 10.  
8Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 
1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (39) of s. 3. 
9Substituted for the word “Chak” by the Act ibid., sub-section (40) of s. 3. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
128 “ “ Agampur Mata 
1
[Jito] Ji Ditto. 
129 “ “ Kiratpur Baba Gurditta Ji Ditto. 
130 “ “ “ Shish Mahal Ditto. 
131 “ “ “ Takhat Sahib Ditto. 
132 “ “ “ Manji Sahib Ditto. 
133 “ “ “ Hari Mandir 
Sahib 
Ditto. 
134 “ “ “ Patalpuri Ditto. 
135 “ “ “ Babangarh Ditto. 
136 “ “ Bhabaur Bhabaur Ditto. 
137 “ “ Bathu Gurplah Ditto. 
138 “ “ Kalmot Kalmot Ditto. 
139 “ “ Chandpur Chandpur Ditto. 
140 “ “ Jandbari Jandbari Ditto. 
141 “ Dasuya Bodal Gurna Sahib Police Station 
areas of Dasuya 
and Tanda. 
142 “ Hoshiarpur 2
[Lehli Kalan] Jand Sahib Revenue estate 
of Lehli  
3
[Kalan] 
143 “ “ Bajraur Harian Welan Zail of  
4
[Saido Patti]. 
144 “ “ Bhungarni Bhungarni  Revenue estate 
of Bhungarni. 
145 Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur Purhiran Zahira Zahur Revenue estates 
of Purhiran 
Khawaspur 
(Piplanwala), 
Dhakkowal, 
Hoshiarpur and 
Bilaspur. 
146 “ Garhshankar Gondpur Tahli Sahib Revenue estates 
of Gondpur, 
Sarhala Khurd, 
Nangal 
5
[,] Kalan 
6
[Daduwal and 
Khera]. 
147 Jullundur Phillaur 7
[Mau] 
1
[Mau] Zails of Mianwal 
and Phillaur. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the word “Jita” by the Act ibid., sub-section (41) of s. 3. 
2Substituted for the words “Waddi Lehli” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), publi shed in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (42) of s. 3. 
3Inserted by the Act ibid. 
4Substituted for the words “Pandori Bibi” by the Act ibid., sub-section (43) of s. 3. 
5Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (44 ) of s. 3.   
6Substituted for the words “and Daduwal Khera” by the Act ibid.   
7Substituted for the word “Man” by the Act ibid., sub-section (45) of s. 3.   
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
148 “ Nawashahr Pharala Gurdwara Guru 
Har Rai Sahib 
Revenue estate 
of Pharala. 
149 “ “ Chak Guru Gur Palah Revenue estate 
of Chak Guru. 
150 “ “ Hakimpur Nanaksar Revenue estate 
of Hakimpur. 
151 “ “ Jindwal Charan Kanwal Revenue estates 
of Banga, 
Jindwal and 
Sotran. 
152 “ “ Sotran 2
[Gurplah] Ditto. 
153 “ “ Durgapur 3
[Gurdawara 
Guru Har 
Gobind] 
Revenue estates 
of Durgapur. 
154 Ludhiana Ludhiana Gujarwal Manji Sahib Police station 
area of Dehlon. 
155 “ “ “ Guru Granth 
Sahib 
Ditto. 
156 “ “ Alamgir Gurdwara 
Alamgir 
4
[(Manji 
Sahib)]  
Zail of Dhandari. 
157 “ “ Kanech 5
[Gurdwara 
Manji Sahib] 
Zail of 
Sahnewal. 
158 “ Samrala Machhiwara 6
[Charan 
Kanwal] 
Revenue estates 
of Machhiwara 
and Lidheran. 
159 “ Jagraon Mohi Mohi Zail of Mohi. 
160 “ “ Silowani 7
[Gurdwara 
Silowani] 
Zail of Raikot. 
161 “ “ Raikot Tahliana Sahib Zail of Raikot 
and Basian. 
162 “ Samrala Chuharpur Jhar Sahib Police station 
area of 
Machhiwara. 
                                                                                                                                                                                     
1Ibid. 
2Substituted for the word “Sotran” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), p ublished in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (46) of s. 3. 
3Substituted for the word “Durgapur” by the Act ibid., sub-section (47) of s. 3. 
4Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (48) of s. 3. 
5Substituted for the word “Kenech” by the Act ibid., sub-section (49) of s. 3. 
6Substituted for the words “Kanwal Sahib” by the Act ibid., sub-section (50) of s. 3. 
7Substituted for the words “Guru Govind Singh Sahib” by the Act ibid., sub-section (51) of s. 3. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
163 “ Jagraon Sidhwan Kalan Sri Guru 
1
[Hargobind] 
Singh 
Revenue estates 
of 
2
[*] Sidhwan 
Kalan and 
3
[Sidhwan 
Khurd]. 
164 “ “ Sadhar 4
[Gurdwara Sri 
Guru Hargobind 
and Guru Sar 
Chhevin 
Padshahi] 
Zail of Akalgarh. 
165 “ “ Lama Jatpura 5
[Gurdwara 
Guru Sar] 
Tahsil of 
Jagraon. 
166 “ “ Chakar Guru Sar Zail of Mallah. 
167 “ “ Kaonke Kalan Ditto. Zail of Kaonke. 
168 “ “ Hehran Hehran Ludhiana 
District. 
169 Ferozepore Ferozepore Bazidpur Guru Sar 
Bazidpur 
Municipal area 
of Ferozepore 
and revenue 
estates of 
Bazidpur, Badni 
Gulab Singh, 
Bangar, Shakur, 
Ratti Khera and 
Dhindsa. 
170 “ “ 6
[Chak Fateh 
Singhwala] 
Gurdwara Guru 
Gobind Singh 
Revenue 
Estates of 
7
[Chak Fateh 
Singhwala], 
Chak Ram 
Singh and Chak 
Bakhtu. 
171 “ “ Nathana Guru Sar 
8
[Nathana]   
Revenue estate 
of Nathana. 
172 “ “ Mehraj Guru Sar 
9
[Mehraj] 
Police station 
area of Nathana. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Gobind Singh” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (52) of s. 3. 
2Omitted the words “Sdhwan Bet” by the Act ibid.   
3Substituted for the word “Jandi” by the Act ibid. 
4Substituted for the words “Sri Gobind Singh and Chhevin Padshahi” by the Act ibid., sub-section (53) of s. 3. 
5Substituted for the words “Lama Jatpura” by the Act ibid., sub-section (54) of s. 3. 
6Substituted for the word s “Chak Fateh Singh” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the 
Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (55) of s. 3. 
7Ibid. 
8Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (56) of s. 3.  
9Ibid., sub-section (57) of s. 3. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
173 “ Moga Daroli Bhai Dhera Daroli 
Bhai 
Revenue estate 
of Daroli Bhai. 
174 Ferozepore Moga Lopon Guru Sar  Revenue estate 
of Lopon. 
175 “ “ Madoke 1
[Guru Sar 
Madoke] 
Revenue estate 
of Madoke. 
176 “ “ Wada Ghar Chhevin 
Padshahi 
Revenue estate 
of Wada Ghar 
and Chhota 
Ghar. 
177 “ “ Takhtupura 
2
[*] 
3
[Nanaksar] Police station 
area of Nihal 
Singhwala. 
178 “ “ 4
[Madya] Pakka Sahib Revenue estate 
of 
5
[Madya] 
179 “ “ Dina Lohgar Sahib Tahsil of Moga. 
180 “ “ Patto Hira Singh Guru Sar  Revenue estate 
of Patto Hira 
Singh. 
181 “ “ Salina Ditto. Revenue estate 
of Salina. 
182 “ “ Dagroo Tamboo Mal Revenue estate 
of Dagroo. 
183 “ “ Mehron Mehron Revenue estate 
of Mehron. 
184 “ “ Banbiha Bhai Nanak Sar Revenue estate 
of Banbiha Bhai. 
185 “ “ Wandar Guru Gobind 
Singh 
Revenue estate 
of Wandar. 
186 “ “ Smadh Bhai Gurdwara Guru 
Granth Sahib, 
Mohtamim 
Prem Das. 
Police station 
area of Bagha 
Purana. 
187 “ “ Mari Mustafa Mari Mustafa Revenue estate 
of Mari Mustafa. 
188 “ Muktsar Muktsar Darbar Sahib As prescribed in 
section 85. 
189 “ “ “ Tamboo Sahib Ditto. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the word “Madoke” by the Act ibid., sub-section (58) of s. 3.  
2Omitted the words “and Takhtpura Nanaksar” by the Act ibid., sub-section (59) of s. 3. 
3Substituted for the words “Gurdwara Daswin Padshahi” by the Act ibid.  
4Substituted for the word “Mahdevki” by the Act ibid., sub-section (60) of s. 3.  
5Ibid. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
190 “ “ “ Shahid Ganj Ditto. 
191 “ “ “ Tibbi Sahib Ditto. 
192 “ “ Sarai Nanga Pahli Padshahi 
and Dusri 
Padshahi 
1
[District of 
Ferozepore] 
193 “ “ Rupana Guru Sar Revenue estates 
of Rupana. 
194 “ “ Guru Sar Ditto. Revenue estate 
of Guru Sar. 
195 “ “ Thehari Guru Gobind 
Singh 
Revenue estate 
of Thehari. 
196 “ “ Chhatiana Guptsar and 
Sahib Chand 
Revenue estates 
of Chhatiana 
and Sahib 
Chand. 
197 “ Zira Khosa Kotla Guru Sar Revenue estates 
of Khosa Kotla, 
2
[Khosa Randhir] 
and Khosa 
Pando. 
198 “ “ 3
[Sunehr] Ditto. Revenue estate 
of 
4
[Sunehr] 
199 “ “ Thatha Chhevin 
Padshahi 
Revenue estate 
of Thatha. 
200 Rawalpindi Gujar khan Narali Ditto. Revenue estate 
of Narali. 
201 Hissar Sirsa Sirsa Gurdwara Guru 
Gobind Singh 
Tahsil of Sirsa. 
202 ” ” Dabwali Guruasthan 
Dabwali 
Revenue estate 
of Dabwali. 
203 ” ” Kewal Kewal Revenue estate 
of Kewal. 
204 ” Fatehabad Ratia Ratia Police station 
area of Ratia. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Zail of Varing” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the 
Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (61) of s. 3. 
2Substituted for the words “Khos, Randhir” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the 
Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (62) of s. 3. 
3Substituted for the word “Saneri” by the Act ibid., sub-section (63) of s. 3. 
4Ibid. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
205 Rohtak Rohtak Rohtak Bangla Sahib 
(excluding 
temples of 
goddess Sitla 
and Manji 
Sahib). 
Tahsil of Rohtak. 
206 ” Gohana Lakhan Mazra Manji Sahib Tahsils of 
Rohtak and 
Gohana. 
207 Karnal Karnal Karnal Manji Sahib District of 
Karnal. 
208 ” Thanesar Thanesar Sidh Batti Ditto. 
209 ” ” ” Chhevin 
Padshahi 
Ditto. 
210 ” ” 1
[Bhari] Navin Padshahi Ditto. 
211 ” ” ” Satvin Padshahi Ditto. 
212 ” ” ” Dasvin 
Padshahi 
Ditto. 
213 ” ” ” Kurchhetar Ditto. 
214 ” ” 2
[Bani and 
Badarpur] 
Guru Tegh 
Bahadur 
Tehsil of 
Thanesar. 
215 Ambala Ambala Ambala City Sis Ganj Ambala 
municipal area. 
216 ” ” ” Dasvin 
Padshahi 
Labhuwala 
Ditto. 
217 ” ” ” Dasvin 
Padshahi 
Ditto. 
218 ” ” 3
[Khurrampur 
Majri] 
Manji Sahib Ditto. 
219 ” ” - Mohalla Mehr 
Dhumin 
Ditto. 
220 ” ” Panjokhra Guru Har 
Kishan Sahib 
Revenue estates 
of Panjokhra, 
Barnala, 
Garnala, 
Janetpur, Kallar 
Heri. 
221 ” ” Madron Mardon Revenue estates 
of Tharwah, 
Majri and 
Mardon. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the word “Thanesar” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (64) of s. 3.   
2Substituted for the words “Bani Badarpur” by the Act ibid., sub-section (65) of s. 3. 
3Substituted for the words “Ambala City” by the Act ibid., sub-section (66) of s. 3. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
222 ” ” Bhanon Kheri Guru Gobind 
Singh Sahib 
Revenue estate 
of Bhanon Kheri. 
223 ” ” Sular Sular Revenue estate 
of Sular and 
Balana. 
224 ” ” Chhani Gurdwara 
Chhani 
Revenue estates 
of Langar 
Chhani and 
Kesri. 
225 ” Naraingarh Raipur Ranike Raipur 
and Manak 
Tabra 
1
[Tehsil of 
Naraingarh] 
226 ” Jagadhri Bilaspur Gurdwara Guru 
Gobind Singh 
Sahib in Gopal 
Mochan. 
Revenue estates 
of Dariapur 
Choli, 
Basantianwala, 
Dharamkot, 
Ambwala, 
Chagnaoli, 
Machrol and 
Bilaspur. 
227 ” ” Bilaspur Bilaspur 
Gurdwara 
Zail of Bilaspur. 
228 ” ” Jagadhri Gurdwara 
Jagadhri 
Zail of Jagadhri. 
229 ” ” Balachaur Agampura  Revenue estate 
of Balachaur. 
230 ” ” Sudhal Sudhal 2
[Zail of Harnaul] 
231 ” Rupar Chamkaur Gurdwaras of 
Damdama 
Sahib 
Katalgarh, Tilak 
Asthan. 
Police station 
area of Morinda. 
232 ” ” Kotla Nihang Bhatta Sahib Zail of Kotla 
Nihang. 
233 ” ” Rupar Rupar Zail of Rupar. 
234 ” ” Morinda Morinda  Revenue estates 
of Morinda, 
Marauli Kalan, 
Dhangrali and 
Rangyan. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Revenue estates of Raipur and Manak  Tabra” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV 
of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (67) of s. 3. 
2Substituted for the words “Revenue estate of Sudhal” by the Act ibid., sub-section (68) of s. 3. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Tahsil. Revenue 
Estate. 
Name of 
Gurdwara. 
Constituencies 
for Election of 
Committee of 
Management 
235 ” ” Bur Marja Bur Marja Revenue estates 
of Bur Majran, 
Dhanauri, 
Kainaur and 
Sehar Majra. 
236 ” ” Bir Guru Jand Sahib Zail of Bela. 
237 ” ” Saheri Saheri Revenue estates 
of Saheri, 
Rangilpur, 
Dhangrali and 
Kainaur. 
238 ” Kharar Mani Majra Manji Sahib Zail of 
Chandigarh. 
239 ” ” 1
[Khizrabad] 
2
[Khizrabad] 
Gurdwara Baba 
Zorawar Singh. 
Zails of Kurali 
and 
3
[Khizrabad] 
240 Jhang Jhang Nanaksar Gurdwara 
Nanaksar 
Tahsil of Jhang. 
241 Multan Multan Multan City Dharamsala 
Bhai Dyalji 
Municipal area 
of Multan and 
the tahsil of 
Kabirwala. 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1Substituted for the word “Khidarabad” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (69) of s. 3. 
2Ibid. 
3Ibid. 
SCHEDULE II 
[see section 7] 
Serial 
No. 
District. Revenue Estate. Name of Institution. 
1 Lahore Lahore City Dera Baba Bela Singh. 
2 “ Lamme Jagir Dera Pandit Gurmukh Singh. 
3 “ Lidhar Dera Bhai Parshotam Singh. 
4 Amritsar Amritsar City Akhara Santokh Das Mahant Brahm 
Buta. 
5 “ “ Akhara bala Nand. 
6 “ “ Akhara Pritam Das or Nirban Katra. 
7 “ “ Akhara Kanshiwala inside 
Sultanwind Gate. 
8 “ “ Akhara Beriwala. 
9 “ “ Akhara Chattewala. 
10 “ “ Akhara Chitta. 
11 “ “ Akhara Nirban Bawa Tehldas. 
12 “ “ Akhara Kanihiwala Ghi Mandi. 
13 “ “ Akhara Babeksar. 
14 “ “ Akhara Sangalwala. 
15 “ “ Dera Mahant Misra Singh. 
16 “ “ Dera Thakran. 
17 “ “ Dera Antarjamian. 
18 “ “ Dera Bhai Parduman Singh. 
19 “ “ Nirmal Chhetar. 
20 “ “ Dera Mahant Gurmukh Singh. 
21 “ “ Dera Punchhian. 
22 “ “ Dera Mahant Bahawal Singh. 
23 “ “ Dera Giani Bakhshish Singh. 
24 “ “ Dera Mahant Basant Singh. 
25 “ “ Dera Baba Budh Singh. 
26 “ “ Dera Sainlok Ram Singh. 
27 “ “ Dera Wairanwala. 
28 “ “ Dera Baba Joga Singh. 
29 “ “ Dera Bhai Sewa Singh. 
30 “ “ Dharamsala Mai Sarsati. 
31 Amritsar Amritsar City Dera Chattewala. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Revenue Estate. Name of Institution. 
32 “ “ Dharamsala Brahm Hazura, 
opposite Akhara Balanana. 
33 “ “ Dharamsala Bawa Rattan Hari. 
34 “ “ Dharamsala Baba Mela Ram. 
35 “ “ Dharamsala Baba Har Das. 
36 “ “ Dera Gyani Babek Singh. 
37 “ Tarn Taran Dera Bhai Tara Singh. 
38 Gurdaspur Shankarpur Dera Sant Mohan Singh. 
39 “ Qadian Dera Sant Nihal Singh. 
40 “ Batala(Revenue 
estate No. 211) 
Dera Bagh Bawa Saran Das. 
41 Sialkot Bahadurpura Sadh Akhar Sukh Ram Das. 
42 Sheikhupura Warn Dera Ganga Ram. 
43 “ Mirowal Dharamsala Narain Das. 
44 “ Shahdara Dera Bhai Mahtab Singh. 
45 Gujrat Mangat Dera Rocha Singh. 
46 “ “ Dera Partap Singh. 
47 “ Sohawa Bolani Dera Charan Das. 
48 “ Dhal Tibbi Tannan, 
Nauth Dingah 
Dera Mahant Bashambar Parshad. 
49 “ Sarai Alamgir Dera Sahiban. 
50 “ Dingah Mandar Udasian. 
51 “ Murala Dera Mahant Prem Singh. 
52 “ Shahdiwal Samadi Bhagat Lorinda Mal. 
53 “ Nanwan Nazul Samadi Bawa Mansa Ram. 
54 “ “ Samadi Bawa Tappa. 
55 “ Bhakhariali Samadi Bawa Sundar Das. 
56 “ Jalalpur-Jattan Samadi Bawa Gobind Bakhsh. 
57 Rawalpindi --- Dera Baba Mohan Das. 
58 “ Rawalpindi City Darbar Narankanian. 
59 “ Thoha Khalsa Dukh Bhanjani or Dera Bhai Nihal 
Singh. 
60 “ --- Dera Baba Mast Ram or Makan of 
Barandari. 
61 “ Ganj Mandi, 
Rawalpindi City 
Dera Mahant Nand Singh. 
62 “ Sukho Dera Mahant Jawahar Singh. 
Serial 
No. 
District. Revenue Estate. Name of Institution. 
63 Attock Shakardara Gurdwara Shakardara. 
64 Jhelum Mangoal Dera Mahant Amar Singh. 
65 “ Mahal Chahi Dera Takhran. 
66 “ Maghiana Gurdwara Bawa Gobind Das. 
67 “ “ Gurdwara Bhai Nand Singh. 
68 Montgomery Bhajangarh Dera Sant Singh Ji. 
69 Multan Multan City, Taraf 
Juma Khalsa 
Asthan Deopura. 
70 Hoshiarpur Bahadurpur Dera Baba Charan Shah. 
71 “ Daffar Dhakki. 
72 “ Khuddah Dehra. 
73 “ Tanda Mastgarh. 
74 “ Tooto Mazara Dharamsala. 
75 “ Maili Chini Ghati. 
76 Jullundur Alawalpur Dera Maru Das. 
77 Ludhiana Bhaini Bhaini Sahib. 
78 “ Baraich Dera Gur Parshad. 
79 “ Gurah Dera Puran Das. 
80 Ferozepore Smadh Bhai Dera Guru Granth Sahib, Gurmukh 
Das Mohtmim 
81 “ Gholia Khurd Dera Bhai Gulab Singh. 
82 “ Nathuwala Dera Bhai Bhajan Singh. 
83 “ Daodhar Dera Bhai Mangal Singhwala. 
84 “ Rania Dera Bhai Khalak Singh. 
85 “ Muktsar Dera Bhai Mastan Singh. 
86 “ Harike Kalan Dera Bhai Ran Singh. 
87 “ Sekhwan Dera Sekhwan.  
88 Hissar Rohri Dera Mahant Bishudhanand. 
89 “ Kewal Dera Kewal. 
90 “ Kalanwali Dera Kalanwali. 
91 “ Takhtmal Dera Mahant Chhetanand. 
92 Karnal Shahabad Dera Sadh Charan Das, Devi Tal. 
93 “ Thanesar Bara Akhara, Kurukshetra. 
94 “ “ Chhota Akhara, Kurukshetra. 
95 Karnal Thanesar Dera Kumerwala (known as Dera 
Serial 
No. 
District. Revenue Estate. Name of Institution. 
Mahant Sampuran Singh). 
96 “ Sirsala Dera Sadh Charan Das. 
97 “ Fatehgarh Jharauli Dera Fatehgarh Jharauli. 
98 “ Lakmari Dera Bishan Das Sadh. 
99 “ Sagri Dera Asthal Ram Kishan Sadh. 
100 “ Ladwa Dera Bawa Prem Das. 
101 “ Kanipla Dera Sadh Jamna Das. 
102 “ Khurdban Dera Udasian. 
103 “ Umri Ditto. 
104 “ Bapdi Dera Harnam Das Sadh. 
105 “ Jogi Mazra Dera Sadhni. 
106 “ Khera Sudhpur Dera Sadh Lachman Das. 
107 “ Bapauli Dera Sadh Mohan Das. 
108 “ Mehra Dera Sadhni. 
109 “ Nalwi Mahman Singh Dera Nirmala Sikh. 
110 “ Pahowa Dera Mahant Charan Das (known 
as Chhota Akhara). 
111 “ “ Dera Mahant Deva Das (known as 
Bara Akhara). 
112 “ “ Dera Mahant Thaman Das (known 
as Dera Nirmala). 
113 “ Arnauli Dera Udasian. 
114 “ “ Dera Nirmala Sikhan, Bhagal. 
115 “ Shamgarh Dera Udasian. 
116 “ Fatehgarh Dera Prem Das. 
 
SCHEDULE III 
[see section 35] 
Section Description of the document Proper fee 
3 List of property alleged to belong to 
scheduled gurdwara. 
Ten 
rupees. 
5 Petition of claim to property included in a 
consolidated list. 
Five 
rupees. 
6 Claim for compensation by hereditary office -
holder of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara or his 
presumptive successor. 
Five 
rupees. 
7 Petition to have a gurdwara declared to be a 
Sikh Gurdwara. 
Ten 
rupees. 
8 Petition to have it declared that a gurdwara is 
not a Sikh Gurdwara. 
Ten 
rupees. 
10 Petition of claim to property included in a list 
published under section 7. 
Five 
rupees. 
11 Claim for compensation by hereditary office -
holder of a gurdwara notified under section 7 
or his presumptive successor. 
Five 
rupees. 
19 Petition for consideration of an agreement by 
tribunal. 
Five 
rupees. 
20 Claim to compensation  by hereditary office -
holder who has resigned or been dismissed 
or by his presumptive successor. 
Five 
rupees. 
21 Claim to compensation by person alleging 
right to nominate office-holder. 
Five 
rupees. 
26 Application to have entry made in revenue 
records. 
Eight 
annas. 
27 Petition to have it determined who shall 
manage dedicated property, etc. 
Five 
rupees. 
34 Appeal to High Court against order of 
tribunal. 
Ten 
rupees. 
38 Suit to have it declared that provisions of Part 
III should be applied to a gurdwara. 
Ten 
rupees. 
84 Application to Commission to have it decided 
whether a person is a patit. 
Five 
rupees. 
106 (3) Application to Commission by Board for order 
relating to disposal of surplus income of Sikh 
Gurdwara. 
Five 
rupees. 
106 (5) Appeal to High Cour t by Board or a 
Committee. 
Ten 
rupees. 
123 (3) Application by Board to Commission for 
alteration of Committee's budget. 
Five 
rupees. 
124 Application to Commission for order against One rupee. 
Section Description of the document Proper fee 
Committee for recovery of annual 
contribution. 
1
[130] 
(2) and 
(4) 
Application to Commission relating to 
scheme of administration. 
Five 
rupees. 
135 (3) Appeal by hereditary office -holder to 
Commission against order of suspension or 
dismissal. 
Five 
rupees. 
135 (3) Further appeal to High Court. Ten 
rupees. 
135 (6) Application to Commission by Board for order 
of dismissal of hereditary office-holder. 
Five 
rupees. 
135 (8) Further appeal to High Court. Ten 
rupees. 
142 (1) 
and (2) 
Application to Commission for relief against 
misfeasance, etc. 
Ten 
rupees. 
142 (3) Appeal to High Court. Twenty-
five 
rupees. 
 Miscellaneous applications under the Act. One rupee. 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1Substituted for the figure “131” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, 
Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, s. 4. 
1
[SCHEDULE IV
2
 
[see section 44] 
District Serial No. of 
Constituency 
Constituency 
 Hissar 
1 The tahsils of Hissar, Hansi and Bhiwani, and the zail of 
Ratia of tahsil of Fatehabad. 
2 The zails of Sohowala, Khiuwali, Rori and Kalanwali of the 
Sirsa tahsil. 
3 
The tahsil of Sirsa, excluding the zails of Sohowala, 
Khiuwali, Rori and Kalanwali and the tahsil of Fatehabad, 
excluding the zail of Ratia. 
Karnal, 
Rohtak and 
Gurgaon. 
4 
The districts of Karnal, Rohtak and Gurgaon. 
Ambala and 
Simla 
5 The tahsils of Ambala, Naraingarh and Jagadhri. 
6 
The zails of Mubarakpur, Baqarpur, Sanetta, Sohana, 
Kharrar, Chimi Kalan, Grangan, Manimazra and Kali Bar of 
the Kharrar tahsil and the district of Simla. 
7 The rest of the tahsil of Kharrar. 
8 The zails of Bela, Hawara, Amralli, Dhanauri, Morinda and 
Khant of the tahsil of Rupar. 
9 The rest of the tahsil of Rupar. 
Hoshiarpur 
and Kangra 
10 The Kangra district and th e Una tahsil of the Hoshiarpur 
district. 
11 The tahsil of Dasuya excluding the zails of Kandhala 
Sheikhan and Jaura. 
12 
The zails of Kandhala Sheikhan and Jaura in the Dasuya 
tahsil, and the zails of Argowal, Garhdiwala, Chotala, and 
Janauri in the Hoshiarpur tahsil. 
13 
The zails of Bullowal, Hariana, Basi Umarkhan, Nanda 
Chaur, Pathralian, Badala Mahi, Basi Nau, and Basi Khwaju 
in the Hoshiarpur tahsil. 
14 
The zails of Khanaura, Saido Patti, Jahan Khelan, Chak 
Sadu, Tunuli, and Badla in the Hoshiarpur tahsil, and the zail 
of Jandoli in the Garhshankar tahsil. 
15 The zails of Mahilpur, Nangal Thandal, Kharrar, Achharwal, 
Nangal Kalan and Mugowal in the Garhshankar tahsil. 
                                                           
1Substituted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I,  dated April 
30, 1926, pp. 378-386, s. 5. 
2Omitted “column 4” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 51. 
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The Garhshankar tahsil excluding the zails of Mahilpur, 
Jandoli, Nangal Thandal, Kharrar, Achharwal, Nangal Kalan 
and Mogowal. 
Jullundur 
17 Sadr Police Station area less the zails of Sura and Naugajja, 
but including City and Cantonment Police Station areas. 
18 Police Station areas of Kartarpur and Ghogpur, and the zails 
of Sura and Naugajja. 
19 Police Station area of Adampur. 
20 Police Station area of Nakodar less zail Khanpur Dhadda. 
21 Police Station area of Shahkot and the part of zail Khanpur 
Dhadda which lies in Nakodar Police Station area. 
22 Police Station area of Nurmahal less the zails of Bundala, 
Pharwala and Sarhali. 
23 The zails of Bundala, Pharwala, Sarhali, Rurka Kalan, 
Sargondi and Gura. 
24 The Police Station area of Phillaur less the zails of Rurka 
Kalan, Sargondi and Gura. 
25 The zails of Kultham, Pharala, Baharwal, Huen and Mukand 
pur. 
26 Police Station area of Banga less Constituency No.25 above 
and the zail of Raipur. 
27 Police Station area of Rahon and the zail of Raipur. 
Ludhiana 
28 The zails of Rajewal Rajputan, Machhiwara, Ladhran, 
Powat, Mal Mazra, Samrala and Nagra of the Samrala tehsil. 
29 The rest of the Samrala tahsil. 
30 The zails of Mallah, Lakha, and Bassian of the Jagraon 
tahsil. 
31 The zails of Raikot, Akalgarh and Mohi of the Jagraon tahsil. 
32 The zails of Ghalib Kalan, Jagraon, Kaonke and Rumi of the 
Jagraon tahsil. 
33 The rest of the Jagraon tahsil 
34 The zails of Gujarwal, Pakhowal, Andlu and Pakhoke. 
35 The zails of Ghungrana, Raipur, Shankar and Rachhin. 
36 The zails of Malaudh, Ber, Hans and Bagrian. 
37 The zails of Baddowal, Lalton, Dakha, Nurpur and Ludhiana. 
38 The zails of Gil, Dhandari and Sahnewal. 
39 The rest of the tahsil of Ludhiana. 
Ferozepore 40 The zails of Nathana, Mehraj, Lahra, Mohabbat, Bhucho and 
Bhucho Khurd of the tahsil of Ferozepore. 
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The zails of Mudki, Sulhani and Syanwala of the tahsil of 
Ferozepore and the zails of Kila Gudda, Makhu, Khadur, 
Mallanwala, Khosa Dal Sing and Wara Waryam Singh of the 
tahsil of Zira. 
42 
The rest of the tahsil of Ferozepore and the zails of  
Ghubaya, Bagake, Kheireke, Panjeke, Mohanke Hithar and 
Guru Har Sahai of the tahsil of Muktsar. 
43 The rest of the tahsil of Zira excluding the zail of Bankhandi. 
44 The zail of Bankhandi of the tashil of Zira and the zails of 
Salhina, Daroli Bhai and Ghal Kalan of the tahsil of Moga. 
45 The zails of Dala, Rania and Badhani Kalan of the tahsil of 
Moga. 
46 The zails of Himmatpura, Raonta and Mari of the tahsil of 
Moga. 
47 The zails of Sukha Nand and Roda of the tahsil of Moga. 
48 The zails of Gh olia Kalan, Bagha Purana and Bhalur of the 
tahsil of Moga. 
49 The rest of the tahsil of Moga. 
50 The zails of Jhomba, Kot Bhai and Chak Sherewala of the 
tahsil of Muktsar. 
51 The zails of Doda and Muktsar Khas. 
52 The rest of the tahsil of Muktsar. 
53 
The zails of Beduwali, Bhularwali, Roranwala, Situ Ganun, 
Abohar, Kandwala, Amarkot, Ganjal, Jandwala, Mirasangla, 
Nihal  Khera, Jhomianwali and kundal of the tahsil of Fazilka. 
54 The rest of the tahsil of Fazilka. 
Lahore 
55 The zails of Lahore, Baghbanpura and Awan Dhaiwala, 
Ichchra and Bhasin of the tahsil of Lahore. 
56 The zails of Her, Padhana and Jhaman of the tahsil of 
Lahore. 
57 The rest of the tahsil of Lahore. 
58 The zails of Mian ke Kaur, Balloke, Hanjra, Waryamwala, 
Pattoki and Bughiana Kalan of the tahsil of Chunian. 
59 The rest of the tahsil of Chunian. 
60 The zails of Sur Singh and Rajoke of the tahsil of Kasur. 
61 The zails of Patti and Sabrai of the tahsil of Kasur. 
62 The zails of Jaura, Sahjra, Burj Kalan, Waltoha and Algon of 
the tahsil of Kasur. 
63 The rest of the tahsil of Kasur. 
Amritsar 64 The Municipal and Cantonment areas of Amritsar. 
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65 The zails of Verka and Gilwali. 
66 The zails of Mirankot, Majitha and Tarpai. 
67 The zails of Jandiala, Fatehpur and Mallian. 
68 The zails of Rupowali and Mattewal. 
69 The zails of Tarsikka Mehta and Sheron Bagha. 
70 The zails of Chima Bath and Butala. 
71 The zails of Karyal, Kohala, Chawinda, Bullarwal, Bhindi 
Aulkh and Bhilowal. 
72 The zails of Sainsra, Raja Sansi, Ajnala, Kamalpura, Sidhar 
and Gaggomahal. 
73 The zails of Atari, Bhakna, Naushera Dhala and Kasel. 
74 The zails of Tarn Taran and Rasulpur. 
75 The zails of Panjwar and Manochahil. 
76 The zails of Nagoke, Kang, Jalalabad and Vairowal. 
77 The zails of Sirkhali and Raniwala. 
78 The zails of Jamarai and Naushera Panuan. 
Gurdaspur 
79 The tahsils of Pathankot and Shakargarh and the zails of 
Marara, Mirzapur and Dugari of the tahsil of Gurdaspur. 
80 The zails of Buchanangal, Gurdaspur, Dhamr ai, 
Gurdasnangal, Sohal and Bianpur of the tahsil of Gurdaspur. 
81 The rest of the tahsil of Gurdaspur excluding the zails of 
Boharwadala and Kalanaur. 
82 
The zails of Boharwadala and Kalanaur of the tahsil of 
Gurdaspur and the zails of Udowali Kalan D her and 
Singhpura of the tahsil of Batala. 
83 The zails of Dholpur, Marar, Serah and Chhachhriala of the 
tahsil of Batala. 
84 The zails of Chaudhriwala, Bhullar, Batala and Dalla of the 
tahsil of Batala. 
85 The rest of the tahsil of Batala. 
Sialkot 86 
Sialkot tahsil and the following zails of the Daska tahsil:– 
Sambrial I. 
Sambrial II. 
Bhopalwala. 
Malkhanwala. 
Sahowala. 
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87 
The rest of the Daska tahsil and the following zails of the 
Pasrur tahsil:– 
Sirangi. 
Saukanwind. 
Bhuler. 
88 
The rest of the P asrur tahsil and the follwoing zails of the 
Narowal tahsil:–  
Bahlolpur. 
Khakh. 
Chahar Bhatti. 
         Jaistiwala. 
   Dhamthal. 
89 The rest of the Narowal tahsil. 
Gujranwala 
90 The tahsils of Hafizabad and Wazirabad and the city of 
Gujranwala. 
91 The Police Station areas of Gujranwala Sadr, Wandhu and 
Kamoke. 
92 The Police Station areas of Qilla Didar Singh and Naushera 
Virkan. 
Sheikhupura 
93 
Sheikupura East containing the follwoing zails:- 
Sheikhupura, Jhabran, Kaloke, Chuharkana, Ajnianwala, 
Khangah Dogran, Chhinne, Bahalike, Karyal and Bhikhi. 
94 
Sheikhupura West containing  the zails of Mangat, Marh 
Balochan, Sangla (Sialkot), Sangla (Gurdaspur), Dhaban, 
Pacca Dalla, Shahkot, Karkan and Mananwala. 
95 The Nankana Sahib tahsil with the additio n of the zails of 
Mohlan and Innuana of the Shikhupura tahsil. 
96 The tahsil of Shahdara. 
Gujrat 
97 The tahsils of Gujrat and Kharian. 
98 The tahsil of Phalia. 
Shahpur 
99 The tahsil of Sargodha. 
100 The rest of the district of Shahpur. 
Jhelum 101 The district of Jhelum. 
Rawalpindi 
102 The tahsils of Murree and Rawalpindi. 
103 The tahsils of Gujar Khan and Kahuta. 
Attock and 
Mianwali 104 The districts of Attock and Mianwali. 
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105 
The Police Station areas of Nur Shah, Montgomery, 
Burjwala, Naiwala and Harappa in the Montgomery tahsil 
and the part of Police Station area of Kamir included in 
Montgomery tahsil. 
106 The Police Station areas of Chichawatni, Kamalai, Shahkot, 
Nathuwala and Kassowal in the Montgomery tahsil. 
107 The tahsil of Okara. 
108 The tahsil of Dipalpur. 
109 The tahsil of Pakpattan. 
Lyallpur
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110 The tahsil of Sammundri excluding the zail of Tarkhani. 
111 The zails of Tarkhani, Pakka Anna, Yakkar, Khairwala and 
Tawan. 
112 The rest of the tahsil of Toba Tek Singh. 
113 The zails of Jassuana, Satiana, Dangali, Naurang, Dulchi, 
Nahra and Rurala. 
114 The zails of Hitharwali, Pauliani, Badwala and Jaranwala. 
115 The zails of Uqbana, Lyallpur
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, Awagat, Khurrianwala, 
Salarwala, Lodhranwala, Jhumra and Beranwala. 
116 The zails of Niwan, Sarshamir and Narwala. 
117 The zails of Dijkot, Roda Koru, Gidarwala, Khanuana and 
Thikriwala. 
Jhang 118 The district of Jhang. 
Multan 119 The district of Multan. 
Muzaffargarh 
and Dera 
Ghazi Khan. 
120 
The districts of Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan. 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1Now ‘Sahiwal’. 
2Now ‘Faislabad’. 
3Now ‘Faislabad’.