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  "text": "Sikh Gurdwaras \r\n1925: Act VIII \r\nCONTENTS \r\nPART I \r\nCHAPTER I \r\nPreliminary \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement. \r\n2. Definitions. \r\nCHAPTER II \r\nPetitions to Provincial Government \r\nrelating to gurdwaras \r\n3. List of property of scheduled Gurdwara to be forwarded to the Provincial \r\nGovernment. \r\nDeclaration of scheduled Gurdwara and publication of list forwarded \r\nunder sub-section (1) in a consolidated list. \r\nNotices of claims to property entered in the consolidated list to be sent \r\nto persons shown as in possession. \r\nEffect of publication of declaration and consolidated list under sub -\r\nsection (2). \r\n4. Effect of omission to forward a list under section 3. \r\n5. Petitions of claim to property included in a consolidated list. \r\nSigning and verification of petitions under sub-section (1). \r\nNotification of property not claimed under sub -section (1), and effect of \r\nsuch notification. \r\n6. Claim for compensation by a hereditary office -holder of a Notified Sikh  \r\nGurdwara or his presumptive successor. \r\nSigning and verification of petitions under sub-section (1). \r\n7. Petition to have a gurdwara declared a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\nList of p roperty claimed for the gurdwara and of persons in possession \r\nthereof to accompany a petition under sub-section (1). \r\nPublication of petition and list received under sub-sections (1) and (2). \r\nTHE SIKH GURDWARAS ACT, 1925 \r\n(VIII of 1925) \r\n \r\nNotice of claims to property to be sent to persons shown in the list as in \r\npossession. \r\nEffect of publication of petition and list under sub-section (3). \r\n8. Petition to have it declared that a plac e asserted to be a Sikh Gurdwara \r\nis not such a gurdwara. \r\n9. Effect of omission to present a petition under section 8. \r\nEffect of publication of a notification under sub-section (1). \r\n 10. Petition of claim to property included in a list published under sub -\r\nsection (3) of section 7. \r\nSigning and verification of petitions under sub-section (1). \r\nNotification of property not claimed under sub -section (1), and effect of \r\nsuch notification. \r\n 11. Claim for compensation by a hereditary office -holder of a gurdwara \r\nnotified under section 7 or his presumptive successor. \r\nSigning and verification of petitions under sub-section (1). \r\nCHAPTER III \r\nAppointment of and proceedings \r\nbefore a tribunal \r\n 12. Constitution and procedure of tribunal for the purposes of the Act. \r\n 13. Procedure on difference of opinion. \r\n 14. Tribunal to dispose of petitions under sections 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11. \r\n 15. Power of tribunal to join parties and award costs. \r\n 16. Issue as to whether a gurdwara is a Sikh Gurdwara to be decided first \r\nand how issue is to be decided. \r\n 17. Notification of Sikh Gurdwara on finding of tribunal. \r\n 18. Presumption in favour of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara on proof of certain \r\nfacts when a claim to property is made by an office-holder. \r\n 19. Adjudication by tribunal upon agreements made between office -holder \r\nand persons acting on behalf of a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\n 20. Claim for compensation by a hereditary office -holder who has resigned \r\nor been dismissed. \r\n 21. Claim for compensation by person alleging ri ght to nominate office -\r\nholder of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara. \r\n 22. Matters for consideration in awarding compensation. \r\n 23. Compensation to be paid annually out of income of gurdwara. \r\n 24. Payment to heirs of person compensated. \r\n 25. Manner in which compensation is to be paid and recovered if not duly \r\npaid. \r\n25-A. Power of tribunal to pass decrees for possession in favour of the \r\ncommittees of Gurdwaras. \r\n 26. Entry of rights of gurdwara in revenue records. \r\n 27. Treatment of property dedicated to a Notified Sikh Gurdwara but under \r\nmanagement of trustees. \r\n 28. Suits for possession of undisputed property on behalf of Notified Sikh \r\nGurdwaras. \r\n 29. Exclusion of jurisdiction of the courts. \r\n 30. Decision by courts on certain claims in certain circumstances. \r\n 31. Courts not to continue certain proceedings pending decision as to \r\nwhether a place is or is not a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\n 32. Transfer of suits pending in courts. \r\n 33. Disputes relating to rights of office -holder after a year from \r\ncommencement of Act. \r\n 34. Appeal against orders of a tribunal. \r\n 35. Court-fees. \r\n 36. No court to take cognizance of manner in which the Provincial \r\nGovernment or tribunal exercises its power under the Act. \r\n 37. Courts not to pass an order or grant or execute a decree inconsistent with \r\ndecision of a tribunal. \r\nPART II \r\nCHAPTER IV \r\nApplication of provisions of Part III to gurdwaras found \r\nto be Sikh Gurdwaras by Courts other than a \r\nTribunal under the provisions of the Act \r\n 38. Recourse to ordinary  courts in cases where action has not been taken \r\nunder Part I with a view to application of provisions of Part III to a \r\ngurdwara. \r\nPART III \r\nCHAPTER V \r\nControl of Sikh Gurdwaras \r\n 39. Suits for relief claimable by application under this Act, barred. \r\n 40. Board, Committees and Commission to be constituted for the purposes \r\nof this Act. \r\n 41. Control of Sikh Gurdwaras. \r\nCHAPTER VI \r\nThe Board \r\n 42. Name of Board. \r\n 43. Composition and constitution of the Board. \r\n 44. Constituencies for election of members of Board. \r\n 45. Qualifications of elected members. \r\n 46. Qualifications of nominated members. \r\n 47. Date of Board elections. \r\n 48. Electoral roll. \r\n 49. Qualifications of electors. \r\n 50. Right to vote. \r\n 51. Term of membership. \r\n 52. Effect of subsequent disability to serve as member of Board. \r\n 53. Vacancy in Board, how to be filled. \r\n 54. First meeting of the Board. \r\n 55. Annual general meeting. \r\n 56. Notice of meeting. \r\n 57. Power of members to call meeting. \r\n 58. Office of Board. \r\n 59. Quorum of Board in general meeting. \r\n 60. Chairman at meetings of the Board. \r\n 61. Decision of questions before Board. \r\n 62. Office-bearers and executive committee of Board. \r\n 63. Annual election of executive committee. \r\n 64. Powers of executive committee of Board. \r\n 65. Vacancy in executive committee, how to be filled. \r\n 66. Member of a committee of management not to be member of executive \r\ncommittee of Board. \r\n 67. Resignation of member of executive committee. \r\n 68. Remuneration of members of executive committee. \r\n 69. Servants of the Board; their appointment and punishment. \r\nCHAPTER VII \r\nThe Judicial Commission \r\n 70. The Judicial Commission. \r\n 71. Appointment of members of the Commission. \r\n 72. Member of the Board or of a committee to resign i f appointed a member \r\nof Commission. \r\n 73. Remuneration of members of the Commission. \r\n 74. Officers and servants of the Commission. \r\n 75. Expenses to be shared by Government and Board. \r\n 76. Jurisdiction and procedure of Commission. \r\n 77. Court and office of Commission. \r\n 78. Vacancy in Commission. \r\n 79. Removal of member of Commission. \r\n 80. Election of president of Commission. \r\n 81. Settlement of difference of opinion in Commission. \r\n 82. Costs in proceedings may be made payable out of income of Sikh \r\nGurdwara. \r\n 83. Dissolution of Commission. \r\n 84. Decision as to whether a person is or is not a patit. \r\nCHAPTER VIII \r\nCommittees of gurdwaras \r\n 85. Constitution of committees of management of certain gurdwaras. \r\n 86. Committees of gurdwaras other than those specified in section 85. \r\n86-A. Member of committee not to be member of the executive committee of \r\nthe Board. \r\n 87. Constitution of committee not specially provided for. \r\n 88. Constitution of committees; publica tion of constitution and effect \r\nthereof. \r\n 89. Election of members. \r\n 90. Qualification for election to a committee. \r\n 91. Qualification for nomination to a committee. \r\n 92. Qualification of electors. \r\n 93. Right to vote. \r\n 94. Period of continuance of committees. \r\n 94.A. Incorporation of committees. \r\n 95. Effect of subsequent disability to serve as a member of a Committee. \r\n 96. Vacancies in committees other than those specified in section 85. \r\n 97. Vacancies in committees specified in section 85. \r\n 98. Committees to meet at least three times a year. \r\n 99. Notice of meetings. \r\n 100. Quorum of committee. \r\n 101. Presidents and Vice-Presidents of committees. \r\n 102. Decisions of questions before committees. \r\n 103. Minutes to be recorded. \r\n 104. Resignation of president and members of committee. \r\n 105. Exclusion of Board acting as committee from operation of this chapter. \r\nCHAPTER IX \r\nFinances \r\n 106. Object on which the funds of a Gurdwara may be spent. \r\n 107. Annual contribution to Board. \r\n 108. Formation of General Board Fund. \r\n 109. Funds transferred to  Board by Shromani Gurdwara Parbandhak \r\nCommittee. \r\n 110. Funds held in Trust by the Board for specified purposes. \r\n 111. General Trust Fund. \r\n 112. Separate funds to be maintained for each trust. \r\n 113. Trust Funds to be deposited in banks. \r\n 114. Board to maintain accounts of all Trust funds and of General Board \r\nFund. \r\n 115. Audit of accounts. \r\n 116. Auditor’s report. \r\n 117. Board to consider auditor’s report. \r\n 118. Payment of expenses of audit. \r\n 119. Budget of Board. \r\n 120. Accounts to be maintained by committees. \r\n 121. Audit of committee’s accounts. \r\n 122. Report of auditor. \r\n 123. Budget of committees. \r\n 124. Recovery of contributions. \r\nCHAPTER X \r\nPowers and duties of the board \r\n 125. Powers and duties of the Board generally. \r\n 126. Restriction of powers of the Board. \r\n 127. Board may hold and administer Trusts. \r\n 128. Control by Board over Executive Committees. \r\n 129. What matters may be discussed by Board in general meeting. \r\n 130. Settling of schemes of administration. \r\n 131. Exclusion of Board acting as committee from operation of section 130. \r\n 132. Power of Board to make bye-laws. \r\nCHAPTER XI \r\nPowers and duties of committees \r\n 133. General powers of committees. \r\n 134. Powers of committee to dismiss office-holders. \r\n 135. Procedure when hereditary office-holder or minister is dismissed. \r\n 136. Appointment of ministers and office-holders. \r\n 137. Registers to be kept for gurdwaras. \r\n 138. Alienation of immovable Trust property. \r\n 139. Power of committee to make regulations. \r\n 140. Power of committee to make regulations reofferings at Sikh Gurdwaras. \r\nCHAPTER XII \r\nMiscellaneous \r\n 141. Salaries of office-holders to be their property. \r\n 142. Right of interested persons to complain to commission in respect of \r\nmisfeasance, etc. \r\n 143. Notice of application to be given. \r\n 144. Government not to interfere with gurdwaras except as provided by this \r\nAct or any other Act. \r\n 145. Act of Board or committee not to be invalidated by informality \r\n 146. Power of Provincial Government to make rules. \r\n 147. Powers of the Provincial Government to invest with judicial powers \r\nofficers appointed to enquire into conduct of elections. \r\n 148. Language of the Commission. \r\nSCHEDULE I \r\n[see sections 3 and 89] \r\nSCHEDULE II \r\n[see section 7] \r\nSCHEDULE III \r\n[see section 35] \r\nSCHEDULE IV \r\n[see section 44] \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE SIKH GURDWARAS ACT, 1925 \r\n(VIII of 1925) \r\n[7 August 1925] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the better administration of certain Sikh Gurdwaras and for inquiries into \r\nmatters connected therewith. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the better administration of certain Sikh \r\nGurdwaras and for inquiries into matters and settlement of disputes connected therewith, \r\nand whereas the previous sanction of the Governor -General has been obtained to the \r\npassing of this Act, it is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\nPART I \r\nCHAPTER I \r\nPreliminary \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the Sikh \r\nGurdwaras Act, 1925. \r\n (2) It extends to the Punjab. \r\n (3) It shall come into force on such date\r\n2\r\n as the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government] may by \r\nnotification appoint in this behalf. \r\n (4) The Sikh Gurdwaras and Shrines Act, 1922, is hereby repealed. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or \r\ncontext– \r\n(1) “Board” means the Board constituted under the provisions of Part III. \r\n(2) “Commission” means the Judicial Commission constituted under the \r\nprovisions of Part III. \r\n(3) \r\n4\r\n[(i)] “Committee” means a committee of management constituted under the \r\nprovisions of Part III. \r\n5\r\n[(ii) “local committee” means a committee constituted under the provisions \r\nof section 85;] \r\n (4) (i) “Office” means any office by virtue of which the holder thereof participates \r\nin the management or performance of public worship in a G urdwara or in the \r\n                                                           \r\n1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Gazette, 1925, Extraordinary, dated 25 th April, 1925; for the Report of the Select \r\nCommittee, see Punjab Gazette, 1925, Extraordinary, dated 20 th June, 1925, and for Proceedings in Council, see Punjab Legislative \r\nCouncil Debates, Volume VIII, pp. 1102 -21, 1155 and 1295 -97. The Act which was assented by the Acting Governor -General on the \r\n28th July 1925 and published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated August 7, 1925, at pp. 494-543. \r\n2This Act came into force on first day of November 1925, vide Notification No.4288-S, dated 12th October 1925, published in the Punjab \r\nGazette, Part I, dated October 16, 1925, at pp. 712-713. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the G overnment of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the \r\nGazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n4Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI  of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nFeburary 06, 1945, pp. 19 -23, clause (a) of s. 2 and it cancelled the Punjab Government Notification No. 426 -Leg., dated January 17, \r\n1945, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10. \r\n5Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nFeburary 06, 1945, pp. 19-23, clause (a) of s. 2.  \r\nmanagement or performance of any rituals or ceremonies observed therein: and \r\n“office-holder” means any person who holds an office. \r\n(ii) “Present office-holder” means a person who, on the commencement of \r\nthis Act, holds an office.  \r\n(iii) “Past office -holder” means a person who has been an office -holder \r\nbut ceased to be an office -holder before the commencement of this \r\nAct.  \r\n(iv) “Hereditary office” means an office the succession to which before the \r\nfirst day of January 1920 devolved, accordi ng to hereditary right or by \r\nnomination by the office -holder for the time being, and “hereditary \r\noffice-holder” means the holder of a hereditary office.  \r\n(v) “Present hereditary office -holder” means a person who on the \r\ncommencement of this Act is a hereditary office-holder. \r\n(vi) “Past hereditary office -holder” means a person who has been a \r\nhereditary office-holder but ceased to be such office -holder before the \r\ncommencement of this Act. \r\n(vii) “Minister” means an office -holder to whom either solely or along w ith \r\nother the control of the management or performance of public worship \r\nin a gurdwara and of the rituals and ceremonies, observed therein is \r\nentrusted. \r\n(5) “Police Station area” means a local area specified by the  \r\n1\r\n[Provincial \r\nGovernment] under the provisions of clause(s) of sub -section (1) of section 4 of the \r\nCode of Criminal Procedure, 1898. \r\n(6) “Prescribed” means prescribed by the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] by rules made \r\nunder this Act. \r\n(7) “Presumptive successor” where the succession to the office devolv es \r\naccording to hereditary right, means the person next in succession to a hereditary \r\noffice-holder, or, where the succession to the office devolves by nomination made by \r\nthe hereditary office-holder for the time being, means any chela so nominated before \r\nthe first day of December,1924. \r\n(8) “Resident” in any place means any person having a fixed place of abode or \r\nowning immovable property or cultivating land or practising a profession, or carrying \r\non business, or personally working for gain, in that place. \r\n3\r\n[(9) “Sikh” means a person who professes the Sikh religion, or, in the case of a \r\ndeceased person, who professed the Sikh religion or was known to be a Sikh during \r\nhis life time. If any question arises as to whether any living person is or is not a Sikh, \r\nhe shall be deemed respectively to be or not to be a Sikh according as he makes or \r\nrefuses to make in such manner as the \r\n4\r\n[Provincial Government] may prescribe the \r\nfollowing declaration:-  \r\n‘I solemnly affirm that I am a Sikh, that I believe in the Guru Gran th Sahib, that I \r\nbelieve in the Ten Gurus and that I have no other religion.’] \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2Ibid. \r\n3Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act,  1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 2. \r\n4Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indi an Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n1\r\n[(10) “Amritdhari Sikh” means and includes every person who has taken khande -\r\nka-amrit or khanda pahul prepared and administered according to the tenets of Sikh \r\nreligion and rites, at the hands of five pyaras or ‘beloved ones’;  \r\n(11) “Patit” means a person who being a keshadhari Sikh trims or shaves his \r\nbeard or keshas or who after taking amrit commits any one or more of the kurahits.]  \r\n2\r\n[(12)] “Notified Sikh Gurdwara” means any Gurdwara declared by notification by the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government] under the provisions of this Act to be a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\n4\r\n[(13)] “Treasury” means a Government Treasury or sub -treasury and includes any \r\nbank to which the Government Treasury business has been made over. \r\n5\r\n[(14)] “Tribunal” means a tribunal constituted under the provisions of section 12.  \r\nCHAPTER II \r\nPetitions to \r\n6\r\n[Provincial Government] \r\nrelating to gurdwaras \r\n3.  List of property of scheduled Gurdwara to be forwarded to the \r\n7\r\n[Provincial \r\nGovernment].– (1) Any Sikh or any present office -holder of a gurdwara specified in \r\nSchedule I may forward to the \r\n8\r\n[Provincial Government] through \r\n9\r\n[the appropriate Secretary \r\nto Government], so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days from the commencement of \r\nthis Act, a list, signed and verified by himself, of all rights, titles or interests in immovable \r\nproperties situated in the Punjab inclusive of the gurdwara and in all monetary endowments \r\nyielding recurring income or profit received in the Punjab which he claims to belong, within \r\nhis knowledge, to the gurdwara; the name of the person in possession of any such right, title \r\nor interest, and if any such person is insane or a minor, the name of his legal or natural \r\nguardian, or if there is no such guardian, the  name of the person with whom the insane \r\nperson or minor resides or is residing, or if there is no such person, the name of the person \r\nactually or constructively in possession of such right, title or interest on behalf of the insane \r\nperson or minor, and if  any such right, title or interest is alleged to be in possession of the \r\ngurdwara through any person, the name of such person, shall be stated in the list: and the \r\nlist shall be in such form and shall contain such further particulars as may be prescribed. \r\n (2) Declaration of scheduled Gurdwara and publication of list forwarded \r\nunder sub-section (1) in a consolidated list.– On receiving a list duly forwarded under the \r\nprovisions of sub-section (1) the \r\n10\r\n[Provincial Government] shall, as soon as may be, publis h \r\na notification declaring that the gurdwara to which it relates is a Sikh Gurdwara and, after the \r\nexpiry of the period provided in sub-section (1) for forwarding lists, shall, as soon as may be, \r\npublish by notification a consolidated list in which all rig hts, titles and interests in any such \r\n                                                           \r\n1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazet te (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (b) of s. 2.  \r\n2Renumbered by the Act ibid.  \r\n3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937,  pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n4Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (b) of s. 2.  \r\n5Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (b) of s. 2.  \r\n6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government  of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n7Ibid. \r\n8Ibid. \r\n9Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid. \r\n10Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid. \r\nproperties as are described in sub -section (1) which have been included in any list duly \r\nforwarded, shall be included, and shall also cause the consolidated list to be published, in \r\nsuch manner as may be prescribed, at  the headquarters of the district and of the tahsil and \r\nin the revenue estate where the gurdwara is situated, and at the headquarters of every \r\ndistrict and of every tahsil and in every revenue estate in which any of the immovable \r\nproperties mentioned in the consolidated list is situated and shall also give such other notice \r\nthereof as may be prescribed. \r\n  (3) Notices of claims to property entered in the consolidated list to be sent \r\nto persons shown as in possession.– The \r\n1[Provincail Government] shall also, as soon as \r\nmay be, send by registered post a notice of the claim to any right, title or interest included in \r\nthe consolidated list to each of the persons named therein as being in possession of such \r\nright, title or interest either on his own behalf or on behalf of an insane person or minor or on \r\nbehalf of the gurdwara, provided that no such notice need be sent if the person named as \r\nbeing in possession is the person who forwarded the list in which the right, title or interest \r\nwas claimed. \r\n  (4) Effect of p ublication of declaration and consolidated list under sub -\r\nsection (2).– The publication of a declaration and of a consolidated list under the provisions \r\nof sub-section (2) shall be conclusive proof that the provisions of sub -sections (1), (2) and \r\n(3) with respect to such publication have been duly complied with and that the gurdwara is a \r\nSikh Gurdwara, and the provisions of Part III shall apply to such gurdwara with effect from \r\nthe date of the publication of the notification declaring it to be a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\n4.  Effect of omission to forward a list under section 3 .– If in respect of any \r\ngurdwara specified in Schedule I no list has been forwarded under the provisions of sub -\r\nsection (1) of section 3, the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] shall, after the expiry of ni nety days \r\nfrom the commencement of this Act, declare by notification that such gurdwara shall be \r\ndeemed to be excluded from specification in Schedule I. \r\n5.  Petitions of claim to property included in a consolidated list .– (1) Any person \r\nmay forward to the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government] through  \r\n4\r\n[the appropriate Secretary to \r\nGovernment], so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days from the date of the publication \r\nby notification of the consolidated list under the provisions of sub -section (2) of section 3, a \r\npetition claiming a right, title or interest in any property included in such consolidated list \r\nexcept a right, title or interest in the gurdwara itself. \r\n  (2) Signing and verification of petitions under sub -section (1) .– A petition \r\nforwarded under the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be signed and verified by the person \r\nforwarding it in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n5\r\n, for the signing \r\nand verification of plaints, and shall specify the nature of the right, title or interest claim ed \r\nand the grounds of the claim. \r\n  (3) Notification of property not claimed under sub -section (1), and effect of \r\nsuch notification.– The \r\n6\r\n[Provincial Government] shall, as soon as may be, after the expiry \r\nof the period for making a claim under the provisio ns of sub-section (1) publish a notification \r\nspecifying the rights, title or interest in any properties in respect of which no such claim has \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2Ibid. \r\n3Ibid. \r\n4Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid.  \r\n5V of 1908. \r\n6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\nbeen made; and the publication of the notification shall be conclusive proof of the fact that no \r\nsuch claim was made in respect of any right, title or interest specified in the notification. \r\n6.  Claim for compensation by a hereditary office -holder of a Notified Sikh \r\nGurdwara or his presumptive successor.– (1) Any past or present hereditary office-holder \r\nof a gurdwara in respect of which a notification has been published under the provisions of \r\nsub-section (2) of section 3 declaring it to be a Sikh Gurdwara or a presumptive successor of \r\nsuch office -holder may forward to the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government] through \r\n2\r\n[the appropr iate \r\nSecretary to Government], so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days from the date of \r\nthe publication of such notification, a petition claiming to be awarded compensation on the \r\ngrounds that such office -holder has been unlawfully removed from his  office after the first \r\nday of January 1920 and before the date of the publication of the notification, and that such \r\noffice-holder or his presumptive successor has suffered or will suffer pecuniary loss in \r\nconsequence of the gurdwara having been declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\n  (2) Signing and verification of petitions under sub -section (1) .– A petition \r\nforwarded under the provisions of sub -section (1) shall be signed and verified by the person \r\nforwarding it in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Pro cedure, 1908\r\n3\r\n, for the signing \r\nand verification of plaints. \r\n7.  Petition to have a gurdwara declared a Sikh Gurdwara.– (1) Any fifty or more Sikh \r\nworshippers of a gurdwara, each of whom is more than twenty-one years of age and was on \r\nthe commencement of this Act a resident in the police station area in which the gurdwara is \r\nsituated, may forward to the \r\n4\r\n[Provincial Government] through \r\n5\r\n[the appropriate Secretary to \r\nGovernment], so as to reach the Secretary within one year from the commencement of this \r\nAct or within such further period as the \r\n6\r\n[Provincial Government] may by notification fix for this \r\npurpose, a petition praying to have the gurdwara declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara: \r\n  Provided that the  \r\n7\r\n[Provincial Government] may in respect of any such gurdwara \r\ndeclare by notification that a petition shall be deemed to be duly forwarded whether the \r\npetitioners were or were not on the commencement of this Act residents in the police -station \r\narea in which such gurdwara is situated, and shall thereafter deal with an y petition that may \r\nbe otherwise duly forwarded in respect of any such gurdwara as if the petition had been duly \r\nforwarded by petitioners who were such residents: \r\n  Provided further that no such petition shall be entertained in respect of any institution \r\nspecified in Schedule I or Schedule II unless the institution is deemed to be excluded from \r\nspecification in Schedule I under the provisions of section 4. \r\n  (2) List of property claimed for the gurdwara and of persons in possession \r\nthereof to accompany a pe tition under sub-section (1).– A petition forwarded under the \r\nprovisions of sub-section (1) shall state name of the gurdwara to which it relates and of the \r\ndistrict, tahsil and revenue estate in which it is situated, and shall be accompanied by a list, \r\nverified and signed by the petitioners, of all rights, titles or interests in immovable properties \r\nsituated in the Punjab inclusive of the gurdwara and in all monetary endowments yielding \r\nrecurring income or profit received in the Punjab, which the petitioners claim to belong within \r\ntheir knowledge to the gurdwara: the name of the person in possession of any such right, \r\ntitle or interest, and if any such person is insane or a minor, the name of his legal or natural \r\n                                                           \r\n1Ibid. \r\n2Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid.  \r\n3V of 1908. \r\n4Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n5Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid.  \r\n6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid. \r\n7Ibid. \r\nguardian, or if there is no such guardian, th e name of the person with whom the insane \r\nperson or minor resides or is residing, or if there is no such person, the name of the person \r\nactually or constructively in possession of such right, title or interest on behalf of the insane \r\nperson or minor, and i f any such right, title or interest is alleged to be in possession of the \r\ngurdwara through any person, the name of such person, shall be stated in the list; and the \r\npetition and the list shall be in such form and shall contain such further particulars as may be \r\nprescribed. \r\n  (3) Publication of petition and list received under sub -sections (1) and (2).– \r\nOn receiving a petition duly signed and forwarded under the provisions of sub-section (1) the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government] shall, as soon as may be, publish it a long with the accompanying \r\nlist, by notification, and shall cause it and the list to be published, in such manner as may be \r\nprescribed, at the headquarters of the district and of the tahsil and in the revenue estate in \r\nwhich the gurdwara is situated, and a t the headquarters of every district and of every tahsil \r\nand in every revenue estate in which any of the immovable properties mentioned in the list is \r\nsituated and shall also give such other notice thereof as may be prescribed: \r\n2\r\n[Provided that such petitio n may be withdrawn by notice to be forwarded by the \r\nBoard so as to reach the \r\n3\r\n[appropriate Secretary to Government], at any time before \r\npublication, and on such withdrawal it shall be deemed as if no petition had been forwarded \r\nunder the provisions of sub-section (1)]. \r\n  (4) Notice of claims to property to be sent to persons shown in the list as in \r\npossession.– The \r\n4\r\n[Provincial Government] shall also, as soon as may be, send by \r\nregistered post a notice of the claim to any right, title or interest included in the list to each of \r\nthe persons named therein as being in possession of such right, title or interest either on his \r\nown behalf or on behalf of an insane person or minor or on behalf of the gurdwara: \r\n Provided that no such notice need be sent if the person named as being in possession is \r\na person who joined in forwarding the list. \r\n  (5) Effect of publication of petition and list under sub -section (3) .– The \r\npublication of a notification under the provisions of sub -section (3) shall be conclusive proof \r\nthat the provisions of sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4) have been duly complied with. \r\n8. Petition to have it declared that a place asserted to be a Sikh Gurdwara is not \r\nsuch a gurdwara .– When a notification has been published under the provisions of sub -\r\nsection (3) of section 7 in respect of any gurdwara, any hereditary office-holder or any twenty \r\nor more worshippers of the gurdwara, each of whom is more than twenty -one years of age \r\nand was on the commencement of this Act a resident of a police -station area in  which the \r\ngurdwara is situated, may forward to the \r\n5\r\n[Provincial Government] through \r\n6\r\n[the appropriate \r\nSecretary to Government], so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days from the date of \r\nthe publication of the notification, a petition signed and ver ified by the petitioner or \r\npetitioners, as the case may be, claiming that the Gurdwara is not a Sikh Gurdwara, and \r\nmay in such petition make a further claim that any hereditary office-holder or any person who \r\nwould have succeeded to such office -holder under the system of management prevailing \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1932 (IV of 1932), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated December \r\n16, 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 \r\nDecember, 1932, published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated December 23, 1932, p. 1271. \r\n3Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Punjab, Transferred Departments” by the Government of India \r\n(Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75 -344, \r\nArticle 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n4Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid. \r\n5Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of Indi a (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n6Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid.  \r\nbefore the first day of January 1920 may be restored to office on the grounds that such \r\ngurdwara is not a Sikh Gurdwara and that such office -holder ceased to be an office -holder \r\nafter that day: \r\n  Provided that the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government] may in respect of any such gurdwara \r\ndeclare by notification that a petition of twenty or more worshippers of such gurdwara shall \r\nbe deemed to be duly forwarded whether the petitioners were or were not on the \r\ncommencement of this Act re sidents in the police -station area in which such gurdwara is \r\nsituated, and shall thereafter deal with any petition that may be otherwise duly forwarded in \r\nrespect of any such gurdwara as if the petition had been duly forwarded by petitioners who \r\nwere such residents. \r\n9.  Effect of omission to present a petition under section 8 .– (1) If no petition has \r\nbeen presented in accordance with the provisions of section 8 in respect of a gurdwara to \r\nwhich a notification published under the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 7 relates, the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] shall, after the expiration of ninety days from the date of such \r\nnotification, publish a notification declaring the gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\n  (2) Effect of publication of a notification under sub -section (1) .– The \r\npublication of a notification under the provisions of sub -section (1) shall be conclusive proof \r\nthat the gurdwara is a Sikh Gurdwara, and the provisions of Part III shall apply to the \r\ngurdwara with effect from the date of the publication of the notification. \r\n10.  Petition of claim to property included in a list published under sub -section (3) \r\nof section 7 .– (1) Any person may forward to the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government] through \r\n4\r\n[the \r\nappropriate Secretary to Government], so as to reach the Sec retary within ninety days from \r\nthe date of the publication of a notification under the provisions of sub -section (3) of section \r\n7, a petition claiming a right, title or interest in any property included in the list so published. \r\n  (2) Signing and verificat ion of petitions under sub -section (1) .– A petition \r\nforwarded under the provisions of sub -section (1) shall be signed and verified by the person \r\nforwarding it in the manner provided by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n5\r\n, for the signing \r\nand verification of  plaints, and shall specify the nature of the right, title or interest claimed \r\nand the grounds of the claim. \r\n  (3) Notification of property not claimed under sub -section (1), and effect of \r\nsuch notification.– The \r\n6\r\n[Provincial Government] shall, as soon as may be, after the expiry \r\nof the period for making a claim under the provisions of sub-section (1) publish a notification, \r\nspecifying the rights, titles or interests in any properties in respect of which no such claim \r\nhas been made, and the notification sha ll be conclusive proof of the fact that no such claim \r\nwas made in respect of any right, title or interest specified in the notification. \r\n11.  Claim for compensation by a hereditary office -holder of a gurdwara notified \r\nunder section 7 or his presumptive successor.– (1) Any past or present hereditary office-\r\nholder of a gurdwara in respect of which a notification has been published under the \r\nprovisions of sub -section (3) of section 7 or a presumptive successor of such office -holder \r\nmay forward to the  \r\n7\r\n[Provincial Government] through \r\n1\r\n[the appropriate Secretary to \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid. \r\n2Ibid. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n4Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid.  \r\n5V of 1908.  \r\n6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n7Ibid. \r\nGovernment], so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days from the date of such \r\npublication, a petition claiming to be awarded compensation on the grounds that such office -\r\nholder has been unlawfully  removed from his office after the first day of January 1920 and \r\nbefore the date of such publication, and that such office-holder or his presumptive successor \r\nhas suffered or will suffer pecuniary loss if the gurdwara is declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\n  (2) Signing and verification of petitions under sub -section (1) .– A petition \r\nforwarded under the provisions of sub -section (1) shall be signed and verified by the person \r\nforwarding it in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n2\r\n, for the sig ning \r\nand verification of plaints. \r\nCHAPTER III \r\nAppointment of and proceedings \r\nbefore a tribunal \r\n12.  Constitution and procedure of tribunal for the purposes of the Act .– (1) For the \r\npurpose of deciding claims made in accordance with the provisions of this Act the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial\r\n \r\nGovernment] may from time to time by notification direct the constitution of a tribunal or more \r\ntribunals than one and may in like manner direct the dissolution of such tribunal or tribunals. \r\n  (2) A tribunal shall consist of a presiden t \r\n4\r\n[\r\n5\r\n[* * *]] and two other members \r\nappointed by notification by the \r\n6\r\n[Provincial\r\n \r\nGovernment]. \r\n  (3) The president of a tribunal shall be a Judge of the High Court and each other \r\nmember shall be– \r\n(i) a District Judge or a Subordinate Judge of the first class, or \r\n(ii) a barrister of not less than ten years’ standing, or \r\n(iii) a person who has been a pleader of any High Court \r\n7\r\n[or any court which is a \r\nHigh Court within the meaning of clause (24) of section 3 of the General \r\nClauses Act, 1897,] for an aggregate period of not less than ten years. \r\n  (4) The members of a tribunal while they continue as such, shall be paid by the \r\n8\r\n[Provincial Government] such remuneration as may from time to time be fixed by the \r\n9\r\n[Provincial Government] \r\n10\r\n[\r\n1\r\n[* * *]] and shall be deem ed to be public servants within the \r\nmeaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code\r\n2\r\n. \r\n                                                                                                                                                                                     \r\n1Substituted for the words “the Secretary to G overnment, Transferred Departments” by the Government of India (Adaptation of \r\nIndian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75 -344, Article 4(1) read \r\nwith Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2V of 1908.  \r\n3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n4Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Supplimentary) Act,  1925 (XXIV of 1925), published in the Gazette of India, Part IV, dated \r\nSeptember 19, 1925, p. 48, clause (a) of s. 3. This amendment has been given retrospective effect by s. 3 of the Sikh \r\nGurdwaras (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1926) (w.e.f. 1.11.1925). \r\n5Omitted the words “appointed by notification by the Governor -General in Council” by the Government of India (Adaptation of \r\nIndian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), d ated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with \r\nSchedule VI.  \r\n6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid., Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n7Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1 926), vide Notification No. 86, dated 30th November, \r\n1926, published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated December 3, 1926, p. 1183, s. 2. This amendment has been given \r\nretrospective effect by s. 3 of the Sikh Gurdwaras (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1926) (w.e.f. 1.11.1925). \r\n8Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n9Ibid. \r\n10Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Supplimentary) Act,  1925 (XXIV of 1925), published in the Gazette of India, Part IV, dated \r\nSeptember 19, 1925, p. 48, clause (b) of s. 3.  \r\n (5) \r\n3\r\n[* * * * * * * * *   ] \r\n  (6) Whenever a vacancy occurs in a tribunal by reason of the removal, \r\nresignation or death of a member \r\n4\r\n[\r\n5\r\n[* * * *]], the \r\n6\r\n[Provincial Government] shall by notification \r\nappoint a person qualified within the meaning of sub-section (3) to fill the vacancy. \r\n  (7) A change in the membership of a tribunal under the provisions of sub -section \r\n(5) or sub -section (6) shall not invalidate any previous o r subsequent proceedings in any \r\nmatter pending before it, nor shall it be necessary for a tribunal on account of such change \r\nto recommence any enquiry into any matter pending before it for disposal. \r\n  (8) The \r\n7\r\n[Provincial\r\n \r\nGovernment] may from time to time appoint such officers and \r\nservants as it may deem to be necessary for the due performance of its duties by a tribunal; \r\nand the officers and servants so appointed shall, while they continue as such, be deemed to \r\nbe public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code\r\n8\r\n. \r\n  (9) A tribunal, for the purpose of deciding any matter that it is empowered to \r\ndecide under the provisions of this Act, shall have the same powers as are vested in a court \r\nby the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n9\r\n, and shall  have jurisdiction, unlimited as regards \r\nvalue, throughout the Punjab, and shall have no jurisdiction over any proceedings other than \r\nis expressly vested in it by this Act. \r\n  (10) Save as otherwise provided in this Act a decree or order of a tribunal shall  be \r\nexecuted or otherwise given effect to by the district court of the district in which the gurdwara \r\nin connection with which the decree or order was passed is situated, or by the district court \r\nto which the tribunal directs that any decree or order shall  be sent for this purpose, as if the \r\ndecree or order had been a decree or order passed by such court. \r\n(11) The proceedings of a tribunal shall so far as may be, and subject to the \r\nprovisions of this Act, be conducted in accordance with the provisions of th e Code of Civil \r\nProcedure, 1908\r\n10\r\n. \r\n(12) If more tribunals than one are constituted, the \r\n11\r\n[Provincial\r\n \r\nGovernment] may \r\nby notification direct which tribunal may entertain petitions relating to a particular gurdwara \r\nor gurdwaras situated in any specified area,  and may at any time transfer any proceedings \r\nfrom one tribunal to another as it may deem proper. \r\n13.  Procedure on difference of opinion .– (1) No proceedings shall be taken by a \r\ntribunal unless at least two members are present, provided that notices and s ummonses \r\nmay be issued by the president or a member nominated by the president for this purpose. \r\n                                                                                                                                                                                     \r\n1Omitted the words “or in the case of the President b y the Governor -General in Council” by the Government of India \r\n(Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75 -344, \r\nArticle 3 read with Schedule.  \r\n2XLV of 1860. \r\n3Omitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), \r\ndated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with Schedule.  \r\n4Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Supplimentary) Act,  1925 (XXIV of 1925), published in the Gazette of India, Part IV, dated \r\nSeptember 19, 1925, p. 48, clause (d) of s. 3.  \r\n5Omitted the words “the Governor -General in Council where the vacancy occurs in the office of President and in any other \r\ncase” by the Government of India (Adaptation of In dian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), \r\ndated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with Schedule.  \r\n6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid., Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n7Ibid. \r\n8XLV of 1860. \r\n9V of 1908. \r\n10V of 1908. \r\n11Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n  (2) In case of a difference of opinion between the members of a tribunal, the \r\nopinion of the majority shall prevail; provided that if only two members are pr esent of whom \r\none is the president, and if they are not in agreement, the opinion of the president shall \r\nprevail; and if the president be not present, and the two remaining members are not agreed, \r\nthe question in dispute shall be kept pending until the nex t meeting of the tribunal at which \r\nthe president is present: the opinion of the majority, or of the president when only two \r\nmembers are present, shall be deemed to be the opinion of the tribunal. \r\n14.  Tribunal to dispose of petitions under sections 5, 6, 8 , 10 and 11 .– (1) The \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government] shall forward to a tribunal all petitions received by it under the \r\nprovisions of sections 5, 6, 8, 10 or 11, and the tribunal shall dispose of such petitions by \r\norder in accordance with the provisions of this Act. \r\n  (2) The forwarding of the petitions shall be conclusive proof that the petitions \r\nwere received by the  \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] within the time prescribed in section 5, 6, 8, \r\n10 or 11 as the case may be, and in the case of a petition forwarded by wor shippers of a \r\ngurdwara under the provisions of section 8, shall be conclusive proof that the provisions of \r\nsection 8 with respect to such worshippers were duly complied with. \r\n15.  Power of tribunal to join parties and award costs .– (1) In disposing of any matter \r\nin which it has jurisdiction a tribunal may order any dispute arising therefrom to be dealt with \r\nin one proceeding separately or more such disputes than one to be dealt with in one \r\nproceeding, and may by public advertisement or otherwise, enquire if  any person desires to \r\nbe made a party to any proceeding, and may join in any proceeding any person who it \r\nconsiders ought to be made a party thereto. \r\n  (2) The tribunal may order any person to submit within a fixed time a statement in \r\nwriting setting forth the nature of his claim or objection and the grounds thereof. \r\n  (3) If any person fails to comply with an order passed under the provisions of \r\nsub-section (2) and duly notified to him, the tribunal may decide the matter in dispute against \r\nhim: provided t hat the tribunal may at any time extend the time fixed by its order for the \r\nsubmission of the statement if the person satisfies it that he had sufficient cause for not \r\nsubmitting the statement within the time fixed. \r\n  (4) A tribunal may pass any such order  as to costs of a proceeding as a court \r\nmight pass under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n3\r\n. \r\n16.  Issue as to whether a gurdwara is a Sikh Gurdwara to be decided first and how \r\nissue is to be decided.– (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law in force, if \r\nin any proceeding before a tribunal it is disputed that a gurdwara should or should not be \r\ndeclared to be a Sikh Gurdwara, the tribunal shall, before enquiring into any other matter in \r\ndispute relating to the said gurdwara d ecide whether it should or should not be declared a \r\nSikh Gurdwara in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2). \r\n  (2) If the tribunal finds that the gurdwara– \r\n(i) was established by, or in memory of any of, the Ten Sikh Gurus, or in \r\ncommemoration of any incident in the life of any of the Ten Sikh Gurus, and  \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2Ibid. \r\n3V of 1908. \r\n1\r\n[was used] for public worship by Sikhs \r\n2\r\n[before and at the time of the \r\npresentation of the petition under sub-section (1) of section 7], or \r\n(ii) owing to some tradition connected with one of the  Ten Sikh Gurus , \r\n3\r\n[was \r\nused] for public worship predominantly by Sikhs \r\n4\r\n[before and at the time of the \r\npresentation of the petition under sub-section (1) of section 7], or \r\n(iii) was established for use by Sikhs for the purpose of public worship and \r\n5\r\n[was \r\nused] for such worship by Sikhs \r\n6\r\n[before and at the time of the presentation of \r\nthe petition under sub-section (1) of section 7], or \r\n(iv) was established in memory of a Sikh martyr, saint or historical person and \r\n7\r\n[was used] for public worship by Sikhs \r\n8\r\n[before and at the time of the \r\npresentation of the petition under sub-section (1) of section 7], or \r\n(v) owing to some incident connected with the Sikh religion \r\n9\r\n[was used] for public \r\nworship predominantly by Sikhs, \r\n10\r\n[before and at the time of the presentation  \r\nof the petition under sub-section (1) of section 7], the tribunal shall decide that \r\nit should be declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara, and record an order accordingly. \r\n  (3) Where the tribunal finds that a gurdwara should not be declared to be a Sikh \r\nGurdwara, it shall record its finding in an order and, subject to the finding of the High Court \r\non appeal, it shall cease to have jurisdiction in all matters concerning such Gurdwara, \r\nprovided that, if a claim has been made in accordance with the provisions of secti on 8 \r\npraying for the restoration to office of a hereditary office -holder or person who would have \r\nsucceeded such office -holder under the system of management prevailing before the first \r\nday of January 1920, the tribunal shall, notwithstanding such finding,  continue to have \r\njurisdiction in all matters relating to such claim, and, if the tribunal finds it proved that such \r\noffice-holder ceased to be an office-holder on or after the first day of January 1920, it may by \r\norder direct that such office -holder or person who would have so succeeded be restored to \r\noffice. \r\n17.  Notification of Sikh Gurdwara on finding of tribunal.– When a tribunal has, under \r\nthe provisions of sub-section (2) of section 16, recorded a finding that a gurdwara should be \r\ndeclared to be a Si kh Gurdwara, and no appeal has been instituted against such finding \r\nwithin the period prescribed by section 34, or when an appeal has been instituted and \r\ndismissed, or when in an appeal against a finding that a gurdwara should not be declared to \r\nbe a Sikh Gurdwara the High Court finds that it should be so declared, the tribunal or the \r\nHigh Court, as the case may be, shall inform the  \r\n11\r\n[Provincial Government] through \r\n12\r\n[the \r\nappropriate Secretary to Government], accordingly, and the \r\n13\r\n[Provincial Government] shall, \r\nas soon as may be, publish a notification declaring such gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara, \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “is used” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, \r\ndated 8th October 1930, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), date d October 10, 1930, pp. 107 -108, clause (i) of s. \r\n3. \r\n2Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (ii) of s. 3. \r\n3Substituted for the words “is used” by the Act ibid., clause (i) of s. 3.  \r\n4Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (ii) of s. 3. \r\n5Substituted for the words “is used” by the Act ibid., clause (i) of s. 3. \r\n6Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (iii) of s. 3. \r\n7Substituted for the words “is used” by the Act ibid., clause (i) of s. 3. \r\n8Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (ii) of s. 3. \r\n9Substituted for the words “is used” by the Act ibid., clause (i) of s. 3. \r\n10Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (ii) of s. 3. \r\n11Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n12Substituted for the words “the Secretary to Government, Transferred Departments” by the Order ibid. \r\n13Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid. \r\nand the provisions of Part III shall apply thereto with effect from the date of the publication of \r\nsuch notification. \r\n18.  Presumption in favour of a Notified Sikh  Gurdwara on proof of certain facts \r\nwhen a claim to property is made by an office -holder.– (1) In any proceedings before a \r\ntribunal, if any past or present office -holder denies that a right, title or interest recorded, in \r\nhis name or in that of any person through whom he claims, in a record -of-rights, or in an \r\nannual record, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, \r\n1887\r\n1\r\n, and claimed to belong to a Notified Sikh Gurdwara, does so belong, and claims such \r\nright, title or inte rest to belong to himself, there shall, notwithstanding anything contained in \r\nsection 44 of the said Act, be a presumption that such right, title or interest belongs to the \r\ngurdwara upon proof of any of the following facts, namely– \r\n(a) an entry of the righ t, title or interest made before the first day of January \r\n1920, in a record -of-rights, prepared at the time of a general assessment of \r\nthe land revenue, in the name of the gurdwara or in the name of the holder of \r\nan office pertaining to the gurdwara as such and not by name; \r\n(b) an assignment of the land revenue of, or of the proprietary right in, land at any \r\ntime for the service or maintenance of the gurdwara notwithstanding that the \r\nassignment may be or may have been in the name of an office -holder, where \r\nthe right claimed is an assignment of the land revenue of, or of the proprietary \r\nright in, the land, as the case may be;  \r\n(c) the dismissal or removal of an office -holder before the first day of January \r\n1920 and the consequent transfer of the right in ques tion to his successor in \r\noffice; \r\n(d) the expenditure of the whole or part of the income derived from the right, title \r\nor interest in question ordinarily on the service or maintenance of the \r\ngurdwara; \r\n(e) the acquisition of the right, title or interest in q uestion from funds proved to \r\nhave belonged to the gurdwara; \r\n(f) the submission by the office -holder or any of his predecessors in office of \r\naccounts relating to the income from the right, title or interest in question to \r\nthe worshippers or to a managing body; \r\n(g) the devolution of the succession to the right, title or interest in question from \r\nan office-holder to the successor in office as such on two or more consecutive \r\noccasions; \r\n(h) any other fact which shows that the right, title or interest in question  was at \r\nany time of the nature of a trust pertaining to the gurdwara or was purchased \r\nfrom funds of the nature of trust funds pertaining to the gurdwara. \r\n  (2) The provisions of sub -section (1) shall also apply to a claim to a right, title or \r\ninterest made by any person deriving title subsequent to the first day of January 1920 from a \r\npast or present office-holder. \r\n19.  Adjudication by tribunal upon agreements made between office -holder and \r\npersons acting on behalf of a Sikh Gurdwara .– Where a change in the  system of \r\nmanagement of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara has occurred on or after the first day of January \r\n1920, and as a consequence of or in connection with such change, it is alleged that an \r\nagreement has been made between any person who was an office -holder under the former \r\nsystem of management on the one side, and the Sikh worshippers of the gurdwara or a \r\n                                                           \r\n1XVII of 1887. \r\nperson or body acting on their behalf on the other side, any person who claims any right, title \r\nor interest by virtue of such agreement or any present offic e-holder of the gurdwara or any \r\nSikh may, within ninety days from the date of the publication of the notification declaring \r\nsuch gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara, present a petition to a tribunal praying that the \r\nagreement be considered, and the tribunal sha ll make an enquiry, and if it finds that a valid \r\nagreement was made it shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Registration \r\nAct, 1908\r\n1\r\n, or the Indian Stamp Act, 1899\r\n2\r\n, pass such orders as may be necessary to give \r\neffect to the agreement, and may by such orders create a charge on the property or income \r\nof the gurdwara. \r\n20.  Claim for compensation by a hereditary office-holder who has resigned or been \r\ndismissed.– Any hereditary office -holder of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara who, within twelve \r\nmonths after the date of the publication of a notification declaring the gurdwara to be a Sikh \r\nGurdwara, has resigned office, or been removed from office otherwise than in accordance \r\nwith the provisions of section 134 or under the provisions of section 142 or a  presumptive \r\nsuccessor of such office -holder, may, within ninety days from the date of the resignation or \r\nremoval, as the case may be, of such office-holder present a petition to a tribunal claiming to \r\nbe awarded compensation on the ground that he has suff ered or will suffer pecuniary loss \r\nowing to a change in the management of the gurdwara, and the tribunal may, \r\nnotwithstanding the fact that such office-holder has voluntarily resigned, order compensation \r\nto be paid in accordance with the provisions of this  Act, as if such office -holder had been \r\nunlawfully removed from his office. \r\n21.  Claim for compensation by person alleging right to nominate office -holder of a \r\nNotified Sikh Gurdwara.– When a notification has been published under the provisions of \r\nthis Act declaring a gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara any person claiming that the right to \r\nnominate an office-holder thereof was vested in him at the date of the publication, or before \r\nthe first day of January 1920, may within ninety days from the date of the publication present \r\na petition to a tribunal claiming to be awarded compensation on the ground that he has \r\nsuffered pecuniary loss owing to a change effected after the first day of January 1920 in the \r\nsystem of management of such gurdwara, or that he will suffe r pecuniary loss in \r\nconsequence of the gurdwara being declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara; and the tribunal may \r\norder compensation to be paid to him in the same manner as to an office -holder under the \r\nprovisions of this Act. \r\n22.  Matters for consideration in aw arding compensation .– In deciding claims for \r\ncompensation made under the provisions of sections 6, 11 or 20 a tribunal– \r\n  (1) may among other matters take into consideration– \r\n(i) the past conduct of the claimant; \r\n(ii) the improvements to the property of th e gurdwara effected by the \r\nclaimant; \r\n(iii) the portion of the trust income which, by long practice and the express \r\nor implied consent of the worshippers, the holder of the office and his \r\npredecessors have been allowed to appropriate to their private use: \r\nprovided that this matter, if taken into consideration, shall only be so \r\ntaken in determining the compensation due to an office -holder for his \r\nlifetime and shall not give to a presumptive successor of such office -\r\nholder any right to increased compensation: and provided also that the \r\ntribunal shall not be bound to fix the compensation on the basis of \r\nsuch income, but may, at its discretion, regard such income as a \r\n                                                           \r\n1XVI of 1908. \r\n2II of 1899. \r\nground for awarding compensation on a higher scale than it would \r\notherwise have awarded; \r\n  (2) shall take into consideration– \r\n(i) the past conduct of the claimant where such conduct has been or is in \r\nissue in a suit or other proceeding in a Civil or  Revenue Court \r\ninstituted before the 1st December 1924; \r\n(ii) the conviction of the claimant by a Crimin al Court for an offence \r\nwhich, in the opinion of the tribunal, involves moral turpitude or an \r\norder passed against him under the provisions of sections 110 and \r\n118 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898\r\n1\r\n; \r\n(iii) the loss of income, not being of the nature of trust income, incurred by \r\nreason of an office-holder ceasing to hold office; \r\n(iv) all rights or privileges relating to residence, subsistence, service and \r\nother recognised allowances in cash or kind formerly enjoyed by the \r\nclaimant. \r\n23.  Compensation to  be paid annually out of income of gurdwara .– In awarding \r\ncompensation a tribunal shall, unless the parties agree to its being paid otherwise, order it to \r\nbe paid out of the income accruing to the gurdwara in which the office -holder held office in \r\nthe form of an allowance payable annually on a specified date, for any period but terminable \r\nin any case on the death of the person compensated. \r\n24.  Payment to heirs of person compensated .– If any person to whom compensation \r\nhas been ordered to be paid by a tribu nal dies, his heir shall be entitled only to such sum as \r\nhas become payable under the order but has not been paid: provided that if compensation \r\nwas ordered to be made by payment of an annual allowance for a period which has not \r\nexpired before the death of the person compensated, such heir shall in addition be entitled to \r\na sum which bears the same proportion to the amount of such allowance as the period \r\nbetween the date on which the allowance was last payable before the death of the deceased \r\nand the date of his death bears to one year. \r\n25.  Manner in which compensation is to be paid and recovered if not duly paid .– \r\nEvery sum ordered by a tribunal to be paid out of the income of a gurdwara by way of \r\ncompensation shall be deposited in the treasury of the tahs il in which the gurdwara is \r\nsituated, and shall be paid to the person or persons entitled to it under such order or under \r\nthe provisions of section 24 in such manner as may be prescribed, and if it is not so \r\ndeposited shall be recoverable out of the \r\n2\r\n[income of such gurdwara or by way of temporary \r\nalienation of the agricultural land of such gurdwara for a period which the Collector may \r\ndetermine]. \r\n \r\n3\r\n[25-A.  Power of tribunal to pass decrees for possession in favour of the committees of \r\nGurdwaras.– (1) When it has been decided under the provisions of this Act that right, title or \r\ninterest in immovable property belongs to a Notified Sikh Gurdwara, or any person the \r\nCommittee of the Gurdwara concerned or the person in whose favour a declaration has been \r\nmade ma y, within a period of one year from the date of the decision or the date of the \r\nconstitution of the Committee, whichever is later, institute a suit before a tribunal claiming to be \r\n                                                           \r\n1V of 1898.  \r\n2Substituted for the words “property or income of such gurdwara by the Collector as it were an arear of land revenue” by the \r\nSikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, \r\npp. 5-10, s. 3. \r\n3Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 4. \r\nawarded, possession of the right, title or interest in the immovable proper ty in question as \r\nagainst the parties to the previous petition, and the tribunal shall if satisfied that the claim \r\nrelates to the right, title or interest in the immovable property which has been held to belong to \r\nthe Gurdwara, or to the person in whose favour the declaration has been made, pass a decree \r\nfor possession accordingly.  \r\n(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act to the contrary, the court -fee \r\npayable on the plaint in such suit shall be five rupees.] \r\n26.  Entry of rights of gurdwara in revenue records.– When it has been decided, under \r\nthe provisions of this Act, that a right, title or interest in immovable property belongs to a \r\nNotified Sikh Gurdwara or when a right, title or interest in such property has been included in a \r\nlist published under the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 5 or sub-section (3) of section \r\n10, the Collector of the district in which the property is situated shall, on application being \r\nmade to him on his behalf and after making such enquiry as he may deem proper  as to the \r\nfact of such decision or inclusion, cause an entry to be made in the record-of-rights, if any, of \r\nthe estate in which the property is situated recording the gurdwara as the owner of the right, \r\ntitle or interest in accordance with the provisions of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887\r\n1\r\n. \r\n27.  Treatment of property dedicated to a Notified Sikh Gurdwara but under \r\nmanagement of trustees .– (1) When on or before the commencement of this Act any \r\nproperty has been dedicated or gifted to a Notified Sikh Gurdw ara and a trust has been \r\ncreated in writing for the management of such property and for the distribution of the income \r\naccruing therefrom partly to the gurdwara and partly to another institution or to another \r\nperson or to both, any trustee appointed for th e propose of such trust, or any person having \r\ninterest in such gurdwara or any person having interest in such institution, or any beneficiary \r\nunder the terms of such trust may within ninety days from the date of the publication of a \r\nnotification declaring such gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara, present a petition to a tribunal \r\nclaiming that the trustees appointed under the terms of the trust should continue to manage \r\nthe property and to distribute the income accruing therefrom according to the terms of the \r\ntrust and in addition may claim that the tribunal should determine what portion of the income \r\nshould be allocated to any beneficiary. \r\n  (2) If the tribunal finds that the major portion of the income accruing from the \r\nproperty has not been allocated under the terms of the trust to such gurdwara then, \r\nnotwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the tribunal shall order that such trustees \r\nshall continue to manage the property and distribute the income accruing therefrom \r\naccording to the terms of the trust, an d if the tribunal finds that the major portion of the \r\nincome has been allocated under the terms of the trust to the gurdwara the tribunal shall \r\norder that the committee of such gurdwara shall manage the property and distribute the \r\nincome accruing therefrom according to the terms of the trust. \r\n  (3) If it is not clear from the terms of the trust what portion of the income has \r\nbeen allocated to any beneficiary, the tribunal may on the application of any party determine \r\nwhat portion of the income shall be allocated to any beneficiary. \r\n  (4) If no such petition is presented within the time prescribed in sub -section (1) \r\nthe committee of such gurdwara shall manage such property and distribute the income \r\naccruing therefrom according to the terms of the trust. \r\n28.  Suits for possession of undisputed property on behalf of Notified Sikh \r\nGurdwaras.– (1) When a notification has been published under the provisions of sub -\r\nsection (3) of section 5 or of sub -section (3) of section 10, the committee of the gurdwara \r\nconcerned may bring a suit on behalf of the gurdwara for the possession of any property, a \r\n                                                           \r\n1XVII of 1887. \r\nproprietary title in which has been specified in such notification, provided that the gurdwara \r\nconcerned is entitled to immediate possession of the property in question, and i s not in \r\npossession thereof at the date of the publication of such notification. \r\n (2) The suit shall be instituted in the principal court of original jurisdiction in which \r\nthe property in question is situated within a period of ninety days from the date of  the \r\npublication of such notification, or from the date of the constitution of the committee \r\nwhichever is later, and if a suit is not instituted within that period no subsequent suit on \r\nbehalf of the gurdwara for the possession of the property shall be ins tituted in any court \r\nexcept on the ground of the dispossession of the gurdwara after the date of the publication \r\nof such notification. \r\n (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act to the contrary, the court -fee \r\npayable on the plaint in such suit shall be five rupees. \r\n29. Exclusion of jurisdiction of the courts .– Notwithstanding anything contained in \r\nany other law or enactment for the time being in force no suit shall be instituted and no court \r\nshall entertain or continue any suit or proceeding in so f ar as such suit or proceeding \r\ninvolves– \r\n(1) any claim to, or prayer for the restoration of any person to, an office in a Notified \r\nSikh Gurdwara or any prayer for the restoration or establishment of any system \r\nof management, of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara othe r than a system of \r\nmanagement established under the provisions of Part III; \r\n(2) any claim to, or prayer for the restoration of any person to an office in or any \r\nprayer for the restoration or establishment of any system of management of, any \r\ngurdwara in res pect of which a notification has been published in accordance \r\nwith the provisions of sub -section (3) of section 7 unless and until it has been \r\ndecided under the provisions of section 16 that such gurdwara should not be \r\ndeclared to be a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\n30. Decision by courts on certain claims in certain circumstances.– At any time after \r\nthe commencement of this Act, in any suit or proceeding instituted in any civil or revenue \r\ncourt– \r\n(i) if any claim is made that any right, title or interest in any property be long to a \r\nNotified Sikh Gurdwara and the court finds that such claim might have been \r\nmade in a list forwarded to the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial\r\n \r\nGovernment] under the provisions of \r\nsub-section (1) of section 3 or of sub -section (2) of section 7 and that no such \r\nclaim was duly made within time the court shall decide such claim against the \r\ngurdwara on behalf of which the claim is made: \r\nProvided that the court need not so decide, if it is satisfied that the failure to \r\nmake the claim was owing to the fact that no person who f orwarded or joined in \r\nforwarding a list had knowledge of the existence of the right, title or interest that \r\nmight have been so claimed and that no such person could by the exercise of \r\nreasonable diligence, have come to know of the existence of such right, title or \r\ninterest; \r\n(ii) if any right is claimed for any person in connection with a Notified Sikh Gurdwara \r\nand the court finds that the right might have been made the subject of a petition \r\npresented to the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial\r\n \r\nGovernment] under the provisions of section 5, 6, 10, \r\nor 11 or presented to a tribunal under the provisions of section 19, 20, 21, or 27 \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2Ibid. \r\nand that no such claim was duly made within time, the court shall decide the claim \r\nagainst the person claiming the right:  \r\nProvided that in the case of a cl aim that might have been made under the provisions \r\nof section 5 or section 10, the court need not so decide if it is satisfied that the failure \r\nto make the claim was owing to the fact that the person who might have made the \r\nclaim either had no knowledge of  the existence of the right, title or interest that he \r\nmight have so claimed or had no knowledge of the fact that the right, title or interest \r\nhad been included in a list published under the provisions of sub -section (2) of \r\nsection 3 or of sub -section (3) of section 7 and could not by the exercise of \r\nreasonable diligence, have come to know of the existence of such right, title or \r\ninterest, or of the fact that such right, title or interest, was so included:  \r\nProvided further that in the case of a claim by a past or present office -holder or any \r\nperson deriving titles subsequent to the first day of January 1920 from such office -\r\nholder, minority or insanity shall not, by itself, be deemed a valid reason for not \r\nhaving such knowledge.  \r\n31. Courts not to continue certain proceedings pending decision as to whether a \r\nplace is or is not a Sikh Gurdwara .– (1) No court shall continue any proceedings in so far \r\nas such proceedings involve any claim relating to a gurdwara specified in Schedule I or in \r\nregard to which a not ification has been published under the provisions of sub -section (2) of \r\nsection 3, if such claim could have been made in a petition forwarded to the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial \r\nGovernment] under the provisions of section 5 or 6, or presented to a tribunal under the \r\nprovisions of section 19, 20, 21 or 27, and was not so made, unless and until such gurdwara \r\nis deemed to be excluded from specification in Schedule I under the provisions of section 4. \r\n (2) No court shall continue any proceedings in so far as such proceedings involve \r\nany claim relating to a gurdwara in regard to which a notification has been published under \r\nthe provisions of sub -section (3) of section 7, which could have been made in a petition \r\nforwarded to the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] under the provisions of se ction 10 or 11 or \r\npresented to a tribunal under the provisions of section 19, 20, 21 or 27, and was not so \r\nmade, unless and until it has been decided under the provisions of section 16 that such \r\ngurdwara should not be declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\n32. Transfer of suits pending in courts.– (1) Where in any suit or proceeding pending at \r\nthe commencement of this Act or instituted after its commencement, in a civil or revenue court, \r\nit has become or becomes necessary to decide any claim in connection with a N otified Sikh \r\nGurdwara which the court finds might be made under the provisions of section 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, \r\n11, 19, 20, 21 or 27, within the time prescribed therein, the court shall frame an issue in \r\nrespect of such claim and shall forward the record of the suit or proceedings to a tribunal. \r\n (2) On receiving a record forwarded to it under the provisions of sub -section (1) \r\nthe tribunal shall proceed to hear and determine the issue and record its decision in the form \r\nof an order and shall return the record wit h a copy of its decision to the court and the court \r\nshall proceed to determine the suit or proceeding in accordance with such decision subject \r\nto the provisions of section 34. \r\n33. Disputes relating to rights of office -holder after a year from commencement of \r\nAct.– When any place has been declared by notification under the provisions of this Act to \r\nbe a Sikh Gurdwara, the right of any office-holder thereof who holds office on the date of the \r\npublication of such notification to continue to hold his office sha ll be decided in accordance \r\nwith the provisions of Part III. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in  the \r\nGazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2Ibid. \r\n34. Appeal against orders of a tribunal .– (1) Any party aggrieved by a final order \r\npassed by a tribunal determining any matter decided by it under the provisions of this Act \r\nmay, within ninety days of the date of such order, appeal to the High Court. \r\n  (2) No appeal or application for revision shall lie against an order of a tribunal \r\nexcept as provided for in sub-section (1). \r\n  (3) An appeal preferred under the provisions of this section shall be heard by a \r\nDivision Court of the High Court. \r\n35. Court-fees.– Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act to the contrary, the \r\ncourt-fee payable on documents of the description specified in the second column of \r\nSchedule III shall be the fee specified in each case in the third column of that schedule and \r\nshall be paid in such manner as may be prescribed. \r\n36. No court to take cognizance of manner in which the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government] \r\nor tribunal exercises its power under the Act .– No suit shall lie in any c ourt to question \r\nanything purporting to be done by the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government], or, by a tribunal, in exercise \r\nof any powers vested in it by or under this Act. \r\n37. Courts not to pass an order or grant or execute a decree inconsistent with \r\ndecision of a tribunal.– Except as provided in this Act no court shall pass any order or grant \r\nany decree or execute wholly or partly, any order or decree, if the effect of such order, \r\ndecree or execution would be inconsistent with any decision of a tribunal, or any order  \r\npassed on appeal therefrom, under the provisions of this Part. \r\nPART II \r\nCHAPTER IV \r\nApplication of provisions of Part III to gurdwaras found \r\nto be Sikh Gurdwaras by Courts other than a \r\nTribunal under the provisions of the Act \r\n38. Recourse to ordinary courts  in cases where action has not been taken under \r\nPart I with a view to application of provisions of Part III to a gurdwara .– (1) \r\nNotwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other Act or enactment in force any \r\ntwo or more persons having interest in  any gurdwara in respect of which no notification \r\ndeclaring the gurdwara to be a Sikh Gurdwara has been published under the provisions of \r\nthis Act, may, after the expiry of one year from the commencement of this Act or of such \r\nfurther period as the  \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government] may have fixed under the provisions of sub -\r\nsection (1) of section 7, and after having obtained the consent of the Deputy Commissioner \r\nof the district in which such gurdwara is situated, institute a suit, whether contentious or not, \r\nin the principal court of original jurisdiction or in any other court empowered in that behalf by \r\nthe \r\n4\r\n[Provincial Government] within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the gurdwara is \r\nsituated, praying for any of the reliefs specified in section 92 of the C ode of Civil Procedure, \r\n1908\r\n5\r\n, and may in such suit pray that the provisions of Part III may be applied to such \r\ngurdwara. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in  the \r\nGazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2Ibid. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n4Ibid. \r\n5V of 1908.  \r\n (2) The court in which a suit is instituted under the provisions of sub -section (1) \r\nshall decide whether the gurdwara is or is not a gurdwara as described in sub-section (2) of \r\nsection 16, and if the court decides that it is such a gurdwara and is also of opinion that, \r\nhaving regard to all the circumstances, the gurdwara is one to the management of which the \r\nprovisions of Part III shoul d be applied, the court shall by public advertisement and in such \r\nother manner as it may in each case direct, call upon any person having interest in the \r\ngurdwara to appear and show cause why the provisions of Part III should not be so applied, \r\nand shall in its order fix a date not less than one month from the date of the order on which \r\nany person appearing shall be heard. \r\n (3) Upon the date fixed under the provisions of sub -section (2) or on any \r\nsubsequent date to which the hearing may be adjourned, the co urt shall proceed to hear the \r\nperson, or persons, if any, appearing, and if the court is satisfied that the provisions of Part \r\nIII can be applied to the management of the gurdwara without prejudice to any existing order \r\nor decree relating to the gurdwara a nd conferring on any person or declaring any person to \r\nbe entitled to any right, in respect of the administration or management thereof, the court \r\nshall pass a decree that the said provisions shall apply to the management of the gurdwara. \r\n (4) Upon such decree being passed and subject to any order that may be passed \r\non appeal against or in revision of the decree the provisions of Part III shall apply to such \r\ngurdwara as if it had been  declared by notification under the provisions of this Act to be a \r\nSikh Gurdwara. \r\n (5) When under the provisions of sub-section (3) the provisions of Part III have by \r\ndecree been applied to the management of a gurdwara any hereditary office -holder of such \r\ngurdwara who within twelve months after the date of the decree has resigne d office or been \r\nremoved from office otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of section 134 or \r\nunder the provisions of section 142 or a presumptive successor of such office -holder, may \r\nwithin ninety days from the date of the resignation or removal , as the case may be, of such \r\noffice-holder, present a petition to the court which passed the decree claiming to be awarded \r\ncompensation on the ground that he has suffered or will suffer pecuniary loss owing to a \r\nchange in the management of such gurdwara, and the court may, notwithstanding the fact \r\nthat such office-holder has voluntarily resigned, pass a decree awarding him compensation \r\nas if such office-holder had been unlawfully removed of his office. \r\n (6) The provisions of sections 22, 23, 24 and 25 shal l, so far as may be, apply to \r\nproceedings under the provisions of sub-section (5) and to proceedings arising therefrom, as \r\nif the court was a tribunal. \r\nPART III \r\nCHAPTER V \r\nControl of Sikh Gurdwaras \r\n39. Suits for relief claimable by application under this Ac t, barred.– Notwithstanding \r\nanything contained in any Act to the contrary, no suit shall be instituted or continued in any \r\ncourt, claiming any relief in respect of the management or administration of a Notified Sikh \r\nGurdwara if such relief might be or migh t have been claimed in an application made under \r\nthe provisions of this Part. \r\n40. Board, Committees and Commission to be constituted for the purposes of this \r\nAct.– For the purposes of this Act there shall be constituted a Board and for every Notified \r\nSikh Gurdwara a committee of management \r\n1\r\n[or a local committee], and there shall also be \r\nconstituted from time to time a Judicial Commission, in the manner hereinafter provided. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 4. \r\n41. Control of Sikh Gurdwaras .– The management of every Notified Sikh Gurdwara \r\nshall be administered by the committee \r\n1\r\n[or a local committee], constituted therefor, the \r\nBoard and the Commission in accordance with the provisions of this Part. \r\nCHAPTER VI \r\nThe Board \r\n42. Name of Board .– (1) The Board shall be known by such name as may be deci ded \r\nupon at a general meeting of the first Board constituted under the provisions of this Act, \r\nprovided that not less than three -fifths of the members present at the meeting have voted in \r\nfavour of the name selected, and that such name has been approved by  the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial \r\nGovernment]. \r\n (2) If the Board fails to select a name in accordance with the provisions of sub -\r\nsection (1) or the name selected is not approved by the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government], the Board \r\nshall be designated the Central Board. \r\n (3) The Boa rd shall by such name be a body corporate and shall have a \r\nperpetual succession and a common seal and shall by such name sue and be sued. \r\n43. Composition and constitution of the Board.– (1) The Board shall consist of– \r\n(i) one hundred and \r\n4\r\n[thirty-two] elected members; \r\n(ii) the head ministers of the Darbar Sahib, Amritsar and the following four Sikh \r\nTakhts, namely– \r\nThe Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar, the Sri Takht Kesgarh Sahib, Anandpur, \r\nthe Sri Takht Patna Sahib, Patna, and the Sri Takht Hazur Sahib, Hyder abad \r\nDekkan; \r\n(iii) twelve members nominated by the Darbars of the Indian States specified in \r\nsub-section (2); \r\n(iv) \r\n5\r\n[seventeen] members resident in India, of whom not more than \r\n6\r\n[four] shall be \r\nresidents in the Punjab, co -opted by the members of the Board as described \r\nin clauses (i), (ii) and (iii). \r\n (2) The \r\n7\r\n[Provincial Government] shall invite the Darbars of the Indian States \r\nspecified in the list following to nominate the number of members stated therein against their \r\nrespective names:– \r\nPatiala 4 \r\nNabha 2 \r\nFaridkot 2 \r\nKapurthala 2 \r\n                                                           \r\n1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1 944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 5. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n3Ibid. \r\n4Substituted for the word “twenty” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (a) of s. 6. \r\n5Substituted for the word “fourteen” by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 6. \r\n6Substituted for the word “five” by the Act ibid. \r\n7Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptati on of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\nJind 1 \r\nKalsia 1 \r\n (3) If the Darbar of any Indian State fails to nominate a member in response to an \r\ninvitation by the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government], the Board shall be deemed to be duly constituted \r\nnotwithstanding such failure. \r\n (4) The \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] shall, as soon as may be, call a meeting of the \r\nmembers of the Board described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii ) of sub-section (1) for the purpose \r\nof co-opting the members described in clause (iv) of that sub-section, and after the members \r\nhave been co -opted the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government] shall notify the fact of the Board having \r\nbeen duly constituted; and the date of the publication of the notification shall be deemed to \r\nbe the date of the constitution of the Board. \r\n44. Constituencies for election of members of Board .– \r\n4\r\n[(1) The constituencies by \r\nwhich the elected members of the Board shall be returned, shall be as specified in Schedule \r\nIV, and except as hereinafter provided, each constituency shall return a single member: \r\nProvided tha t the Provincial Government may from time to time, and after such \r\nconsultation with the Board as it considers proper, by notification alter the local limits of any \r\nconstituency. \r\n(2) The Provincial Government shall, from time to time, and after such \r\nconsultation with the Board as it considers proper, select twelve constituencies from among \r\nthe constituencies specified in Schedule IV; and the constituencies so selected shall be \r\nplural constituencies each returning two members, of whom one shall be a Mazhabi S ikh, a \r\nRamdasia Sikh or a Kabirpanthia Sikh, and the other shall be a Sikh who is neither a \r\nMazhabi Sikh, a Ramdasia Sikh nor a Kabirpanthia Sikh.]  \r\n45. Qualifications of elected members .– (1) A person shall not be eligible for election \r\nas a member of the Board if such person– \r\n(i)  is of unsound mind; \r\n(ii)  is an undischarged insolvent; \r\n(iii)  is a patit; \r\n(iv) is a minister of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara, other than the head minister of the \r\nDarbar Sahib, Amritsar, or of one of the four Sikh Takhts specified in  clause \r\n(ii) of sub-section (1) of section 43; \r\n(v) is a paid servant of any Notified Sikh Gurdwara, or of the Board other than a \r\nmember of the executive committee of the Board. \r\n5\r\n[(vi) being a keshadhari Sikh is not a amritdhari;  \r\n(vii)  takes alcoholic drinks; \r\n(viii)  cannot read and write Gurmukhi.] \r\n  (2) No person shall be eligible for election as a member of the Board if he is not \r\nregistered on the electoral roll of any constituency specified in Schedule IV. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Ibid. \r\n2Ibid. \r\n3Ibid. \r\n4Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 19 44), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 7. \r\n5Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 8. \r\n  (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in su b-section (1) no person shall be \r\nprevented from standing as a candidate for election as a member of the Board on the ground \r\nthat he is a patit, but if a person elected is thereafter found under the provisions of section 84 \r\nto be a patit his election shall be void. \r\n46.  Qualifications of nominated members .– A person shall not be nominated or co -\r\nopted to be a member of the Board if he– \r\n(i) is less than twenty-one years old; \r\n(ii) is not a Sikh; \r\n(iii) is of unsound mind; \r\n(iv) is an undischarged insolvent; \r\n(v) is a patit; \r\n(vi) is minister of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara other than the head minister of the \r\nDarbar Sahib, Amritsar, or of any of the four Sikh Takhts specified in clause \r\n(ii) of sub-section (1) of section 43; \r\n(vii) is a paid servant of any Notified Sikh Gu rdwara or of the Board, other than a \r\nmember of the executive committee of the Board. \r\n1\r\n[(viii) being a keshadhari Sikh is not a amritdhari;  \r\n(ix) takes alcoholic drinks;  \r\n(x) cannot read and write Gurmukhi.] \r\n47. Date of Board elections .– Elections of members of the Board under the provisions \r\nof this Act shall be held on dates to be fixed by the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government]. \r\n48. Electoral roll .– An electoral roll shall be prepared in such manner as may be \r\nprescribed for every constituency, on which shall be enter ed the names of all persons \r\nentitled to be registered as voters in that constituency. \r\n3\r\n[49. Qualifications of electors .– Every person shall be entitled to have his name \r\nregistered on the electoral roll of a constituency constituted for the election of a me mber or \r\nmembers of the Board who is a resident in that constituency and either–  \r\n(i) is on the electoral roll for the time being in force of persons entitled to vote for \r\nthe election of a member to represent a Sikh urban or rural constituency of the \r\n4\r\n[Provincial Assembly], or  \r\n(ii) is a Sikh more than twenty -one years of age, who has had his name \r\nregistered as a voter in such manner as may be prescribed: \r\nProvided that no person shall be registered as an elector who–  \r\n(a) trims or shaves his beard or keshas except in case of sehjdhari Sikhs;  \r\n(b) smokes;  \r\n                                                           \r\n1Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 9. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Ord er, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and Schedule. \r\n3Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 10. \r\n4Substituted for the words “Provincial Legislative Assembly of the Punjab” by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964, \r\nvide Notification No. Integ.7.13/62, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 3, 1 964, pp. 1805-\r\n1849, s. 2 read with Part-II of the Schedule. \r\n(c) takes alcoholic drinks.]  \r\n50.  Right to vote.– \r\n1\r\n[(1)] Every person registered on the electoral roll for the time being \r\nin force for any constituency for the election of a member or members of the Board s hall be \r\nentitled while so registered to vote at an election of a member for that constituency, provided \r\nthat no person shall be entitled to vote at an election in more than one constituency. \r\n \r\n2\r\n[(2) In any plural constituency as provided by section 44, the right of voting shall \r\nbe exercisable in the following manner that is to say, a vote may be cast for each of the two \r\ncandidates of whom one shall be a Mazhabi Sikh, a Ramdasia Sikh or a Kabirpanthia Sikh \r\nand the other shall be a Sikh who is not either a Maz habi Sikh or a Ramdasia Sikh or a \r\nKabirpanthia Sikh.] \r\n51.  Term of membership.– The members of the Board shall hold office for \r\n3\r\n[five] years \r\nfrom the date of its constitution or until the constitution of a new Board, whichever is later. \r\n \r\n4\r\n[52. Effect of subsequent disability to serve as member of Board .– (1) If any person \r\nhaving been elected or nominated \r\n5\r\n[or co -opted] a member of the Board subsequently \r\nbecomes subject to any of the disabilities stated in section 45 or section 46, as the case may \r\nbe, he shall cease to be a member thereof.  \r\n(2) If any person having been elected or nominated \r\n6\r\n[or co-opted] a member of \r\nthe Board absents himself from three consecutive general meetings of the Board, his name \r\nmay be removed from membership by the Board, provided t hat, if he applies to the Board \r\nwithin one month of the removal of his name to be restored to membership the Board may, \r\nat the meeting next following the date of the receipt of such application, restore him to office, \r\nprovided further that no member shall be restored more than three times.] \r\n53.  Vacancy in Board, how to be filled.– When a vacancy occurs in the Board owing to \r\nthe death or resignation of a member or for any other reasons, a new member shall be \r\nelected, nominated or co -opted, as the case may b e, in the manner in which the member \r\nwhose seat is to be filled was elected or nominated or co-opted. \r\n54.  First meeting of the Board.– The first general meeting of the Board shall be held at \r\na time not later than one month after the \r\n7\r\n[Provincial Government] has notified that it has \r\nbeen constituted, and notice thereof shall be given by notification by the \r\n8\r\n[Provincial \r\nGovernment]. \r\n  \r\n9\r\n[Provided that the Provincial Government may, in special  circumstances, direct such \r\nmeeting to be held at a later date.] \r\n                                                           \r\n1Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 11. \r\n2Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendm ent) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 11. \r\n3Substituted for the word “three” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 12. \r\n4Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 5. \r\n5Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (i) of s. 13. \r\n6Ibid., clause (ii) of s. 13. \r\n7Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n8Ibid. \r\n9Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras ( Amendment) Act, 1949 (IX of 1949), vide Notification No. 567 -Leg., dated 29 th April, 1949, \r\npublished in the West Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April 29, 1949, pp. 87-88, s. 2. \r\n55. Annual general meeting.– An annual general meeting of the Board shall be held in \r\nevery year. \r\n56. Notice of meeting .– Meetings of the Board other than the first meeting shall be \r\ncalled by twenty days’ notice in writing served on every member of the Board i n such \r\nmanner as may be prescribed by bye-laws made by the Board. \r\n57. Power of members to call meeting.– Any ten or more members may by application \r\nin writing made to the President demand that a general meeting of the Board be held, and if \r\nnotwithstanding such demand, notice of a meeting is not given within fifteen days of the date \r\non which the application was received by the President, the applicants may themselves call a \r\nmeeting to be held at the office of the Board by ten days’ notice served in the manne r \r\ndescribed in section 56. \r\n58. Office of Board .– The Board shall have an office in Amritsar for the transaction of \r\nbusiness to which all communications and notices to the Board may be addressed. \r\n59. Quorum of Board in general meeting.– The powers vested by this Act in the Board \r\nin general meeting shall not be exercised except by the Board at a meeting at which thirty-one \r\nor more members are present. \r\n60. Chairman at meetings of the Board .– The President shall be the chairman at the \r\nmeetings of the Board and of the executive committee; if the President is absent the Vice -\r\nPresident shall be Chairman, and if neither the President nor Vice -President is present the \r\nmembers present shall elect one of themselves to be chairman for the purposes of the \r\nmeetings. \r\n61. Decision of questions before Board .– Except as otherwise provided by this Act or \r\nprescribed all questions which come before the Board or its executive committee shall be \r\ndecided by a majority of the votes of the members present, and in the case of an equali ty of \r\nvotes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. \r\n62. Office-bearers and executive committee of Board .– The Board shall at its first \r\ngeneral meeting elect by a ballot one of its members to be President, \r\n1\r\n[two others to be Vice-\r\nPresidents (one Senior and one Junior) and another to be General Secretary of the Board],\r\n \r\nto be known as office -bearers of the Board, and shall also at the same meeting in like \r\nmanner elect not less than five and not more than eleven of its members, as the Board may \r\ndeem fit, to be members of the executive committee of the Board, and the office-bearers and \r\nmembers so elected shall be the executive committee of the Board. \r\n63. Annual election of executive committee.– (1) Subsequent to the constitution of an \r\nexecutive committee under the provisions of section 62 and executive committee similar to \r\nthe one described in that section shall be elected by ballot at each annual general meeting of \r\nthe Board; \r\n2\r\n[if the Board so desires]; the \r\n3\r\n[office bearers] and other members of the executive \r\ncommittee elected at the first meeting of the Board shall hold office until a new executive \r\ncommittee has been elected at the first annual general meeting of the Board, and the \r\nmembers elected at an annual general meeting shall hold office until a n ew executive \r\ncommittee has been duly elected at the next following annual general meeting. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “and another to be Vice -President of the Board” by the Sikh Gurdwa ras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI \r\nof 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 14. \r\n2Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (a) of s. 15. \r\n3Substituted for the words “office-holder” by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 15. \r\n (2) Nothing contained in sub -section (1) shall prevent the re -election of any \r\noutgoing member of an executive committee. \r\n64. Powers of executive committee of Board .– The executive committee of the Board \r\nshall exercise on behalf of the Board all powers conferred on the Board by the provisions of \r\nthis Act which are not expressly reserved to be exercised by the Board in general meeting. \r\n65. Vacancy in executive committe e, how to be filled .– If a vacancy occurs in the \r\nexecutive committee, the remaining members of the executive committee may, if the \r\nvacancy is that of an office-bearer, appoint one of themselves, or if the vacancy is that of any \r\nmember other than an office -bearer, nominate any member of the Board temporarily to fill \r\nthe vacancy until the next following general meeting of the Board, and the Board shall at \r\nsuch meeting elect a member of the Board to fill the vacancy. \r\n66. Member of a committee of management not  to be member of executive \r\ncommittee of Board .– A member of a committee of management shall not be eligible for \r\nelection as a member of the executive committee, and if any member of the executive \r\ncommittee at any time becomes a member of a committee of man agement he shall forthwith \r\ncease to be a member of the executive committee. \r\n67. Resignation of member of executive committee .– A member of the executive \r\ncommittee \r\n1\r\n[or of the Board] may resign his office by giving notice to the President, and an \r\noffice-bearer may resign his office by giving notice to the executive committee, and such \r\nresignation shall have effect from the date on which the resignation was accepted by the \r\nPresident or executive committee as the case may be. \r\n68. Remuneration of members of exe cutive committee .– Any member of the \r\nexecutive committee may receive out of the funds of the Board such salary or other \r\nremuneration as may from time to time be fixed by the Board in general meeting. \r\n69. Servants of the Board; their appointment and punishm ent.– The executive \r\ncommittee of the Board may appoint such servants as it may deem to be necessary for the \r\ndue performance by itself of its duties, and may from time to time determine the number, \r\ndesignations, grades and scales of salary, or other remuner ation of such servants, and may \r\nat any time fine, reduce, suspend, or remove any servant. \r\nCHAPTER VII \r\nThe Judicial Commission \r\n70. The Judicial Commission .– (1) The Judicial Commission shall consist of three \r\nmembers who shall be Sikhs, appointed from time t o time as may be necessary by the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government]. \r\n (2) No person shall be appointed to be a member of the Commission unless he– \r\n(i) is, or, at the time of his retirement or resignation from \r\n3\r\n[\r\n4\r\n[Service of the State]], \r\nwas a District Judge or a Su b-ordinate Judge of the first class or of not less \r\n                                                           \r\n1Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 16. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian L aws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Government service” by the Order ibid. \r\n4Substituted for the words “the service of the Crown” by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964, vide Notification No. \r\nInteg.7.13/62, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 3, 1964, pp. 1805 -1849, s. 2 read with \r\nPart-II of the Schedule.  \r\nthan ten years’ standing, or \r\n1\r\n[a munsif of the first class or of not less than ten \r\nyears’ standing or] \r\n(ii) is a Barrister of not less than ten years’ standing, or \r\n(iii) is a person who has been a pleader of any High Court \r\n2\r\n[or any court which is \r\na High Court within the meaning of clause (24) of section 3 of the General \r\nClauses Act,1897,] for an aggregate period of not less than ten years. \r\n (3) Two of the members of the commission shall be selected by the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial \r\nGovernment] out of a list of qualified persons prepared and maintained as described in \r\nsection 71. \r\n71. Appointment of members of the Commission .– (1) For the purpose of the \r\nappointment of members of the Commission the Board shall as soon as may  be after its \r\nconstitution submit a list of the names of seven persons nominated by the Board, and the \r\n4\r\n[Provincial Government] shall after being satisfied that the persons are qualified as required \r\nby section 70 record the list: provided that if the Board fails to submit a list within ninety days \r\nfrom the constitution of the Board the \r\n5\r\n[Provincial Government] may itself complete a list of \r\nqualified persons. \r\n (2) A person whose name is on the list described in sub -section (1) shall be \r\nentitled to have his n ame retained thereon for two years after his nomination has been \r\nrecorded, provided that the \r\n6\r\n[Provincial Government] may at any time remove his name, if it \r\nis satisfied upon a report made by the Board and any enquiries it may see fit to make, that \r\nhe is incapable of acting as a member of the Commission. \r\n (3) If any person whose name is on the list dies, or applies to the Board to have \r\nhis name removed therefrom, the Board shall inform the \r\n7\r\n[Provincial Government] and his \r\nname shall be removed from the list. \r\n (4) The \r\n8\r\n[Provincial Government] shall on request being made to it for this \r\npurpose by the Board remove from the list the name of any person whose name has been \r\non the list for more than three years, provided that the name of any person shall not be so \r\nremoved while such person is a member of the Commission. \r\n (5) When a name has been removed from the list the Board shall nominate a \r\nqualified person for the purpose of filling the vacancy, and the \r\n9\r\n[Provincial Government] shall \r\nafter being satisfied that such person is qualified, place his name upon the list. \r\n (6) If the Board fails to nominate a person to fill a vacancy as required by sub -\r\nsection (5) the \r\n10\r\n[Provincial Government] may after giving one month’s notice of its intention \r\nto the Board place the name of any qualified person on the list to fill the vacancy. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Added by th e Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 6. \r\n2Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1926), vide Notification No. 86, dated 30th November, \r\n1926, published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated December 3, 1926, p. 1183, s. 2. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Orde r, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n4Ibid. \r\n5Ibid. \r\n6Ibid. \r\n7Ibid. \r\n8Ibid. \r\n9Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (A daptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n10Ibid. \r\n72. Member of the Board or of a committee to resign if appointed a member of \r\nCommission.– If any person who is a member of the Board or of a committee or of both is \r\nappointed to be a member of the Commission and accepts the appointment he shall forthwith \r\ncease to be a member of the Board or committee or of both, as the case may be. \r\n73. Remuneration of members of the Commission .– The members of the \r\nCommission, while they continue as such, shall rece ive such remuneration \r\n1\r\n[or daily \r\nallowance and travelling expenses] as may be fixed from time to time by the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial \r\nGovernment] \r\n3\r\n[with consultation of the Board] and shall be deemed to be public servants \r\nwithin the meaning of section 21 of the [Indian]\r\n4\r\n Penal Code\r\n5\r\n. \r\n74. Officers and servants of the Commission .– The \r\n6\r\n[Provincial Government] may \r\nfrom time to time appoint such officers and servants as it may deem to be necessary for the \r\ndue performance of its duties by the Commission, and the officers an d servants so \r\nappointed shall, while they continue as such, be deemed to be public servants within the \r\nmeaning of section 21 of the [Indian]\r\n7\r\n Penal Code. \r\n75. Expenses to be shared by Government and Board .– (1) \r\n8\r\n[The net] expenses \r\narising from the appointment of the Commission including the remuneration of its members, \r\nofficers and servants shall be defrayed by the \r\n9\r\n[Provincial Government] and the Board, the \r\n10\r\n[Provincial Government], paying one -third of the whole, provided that the remuneration of \r\nthe member s, officers and servants shall be paid wholly in the first instance by the \r\n11\r\n[Provincial Government] and the portion thereof payable by the Board shall be recovered \r\nfrom the Board after the close of each financial year. \r\n (2) Any sum due to the \r\n12\r\n[Provincial Government] under the provisions of sub -\r\nsection (1) shall, if not recovered within three months after a demand has been made, be \r\nrecoverable as if it were an arrear of land revenue. \r\n76. Jurisdiction and procedure of Commission .– (1) The Commission shall fo r the \r\npurpose of deciding any matter which it is empowered to decide under the provisions of this \r\nAct have the same powers as are vested in a court by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n13\r\n, \r\nand shall have jurisdiction unlimited as regards value throughout the  Punjab, and shall have \r\nno jurisdiction over any proceedings other than is expressly vested in it by this Act. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), publi shed in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (i) of s. 17. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n3Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (ii) of s. 17. \r\n4Now it is “Pakistan Penal Code” as the word “Indian” substituted from the title of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 , by the \r\nAdaptation of the Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949, vide Notification No. G.G.O.  4, dated 25th March, 1949, published \r\nin the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, subsection (1) of s. 3. \r\n5XLV of 1860.  \r\n6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n7Substituted for the word “Indian” fro m the title of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, by the Adaptation of the Central Acts and \r\nOrdinances Order, 1 949, vide Notification No. G.G.O.  4, dated 25 th March, 1949, published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, subsection (1) of s. 3. \r\n8Substituted for the word “All” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1941 (I of 1941), published in the Government Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), Punjab, dated February 4, 1941, p. 17, s. 2. \r\n9Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n10Ibid. \r\n11Ibid. \r\n12Ibid. \r\n13V of 1908.  \r\n (2) A decree or order of the Commission shall be executed or otherwise given \r\neffect to by the District Court of the district in which the gurdwa ra in connection with which \r\nthe decree or order was passed is situated, or by the District Court to which the Commission \r\ndirects that any decree or order shall be sent for this purpose, as if the decree or order had \r\nbeen a decree or order passed by such court. \r\n (3) The proceedings of the Commission shall, so far as may be and subject to the \r\nprovisions of this Act, be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil \r\nProcedure, 1908\r\n1\r\n, and, save as otherwise, provided by this Act, all orders of the Commission \r\nshall be final. \r\n77. Court and office of Commission .– The Commission shall have its court and office \r\nat such place or places as the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] may from time to time fix. \r\n78. Vacancy in Commission .– If a vacancy occurs in the Co mmission it shall be filled \r\nby the appointment by the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government] of some other qualified person in the \r\nsame manner as that in which the person whose seat is to be filled was appointed. \r\n79. Removal of member of Commission .– The \r\n4\r\n[Provicial Government] may remove \r\nany member of the Commission– \r\n(i) if he refuses to act or becomes in the opinion of the \r\n5\r\n[Provincial Government] \r\nincapable of acting or unfit to act as a member, or \r\n(ii) if he has absented himself from more than three consecutive meetin gs of the \r\nCommission, or \r\n(iii) if it is satisfied after such enquiry as it may deem necessary that he has \r\nflagrantly abused his position as a member, \r\n6\r\n[*] \r\n(iv) \r\n7\r\n[* * * * * * * * *   ]  \r\n80.  Election of president of Commission .– (1) The members of the Commi ssion shall \r\nelect one of themselves to be president of the Commission. \r\n  (2) If the members of the Commission are unable within ten days of the \r\nconstitution of the Commission to elect a president by a majority of votes, a president may \r\nbe appointed by the \r\n8\r\n[Provincial Government]. \r\n  (3) No proceedings shall be taken by the Commission unless at least two \r\nmembers are present and sitting together: provided that notices and summonses may be \r\nissued by the president or a member nominated by the president for this  purpose, sitting \r\nalone. \r\n  (4) If the president is not present the two members present shall decide which of \r\nthem shall preside, and the member decided upon shall perform the duties of president. \r\n                                                           \r\n1V of 1908. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 19 37, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n3Ibid. \r\n4Ibid.  \r\n5Ibid.  \r\n6Deleted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab G azette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 18. \r\n7Ibid. \r\n8Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n81. Settlement of difference of opinion in Commission .– In c ase of difference of \r\nopinion between the members of the Commission the opinion of the majority shall prevail: \r\nprovided that, if only two members are present of whom one is the president and if they are \r\nnot in agreement, the opinion of the president shall p revail; and if the president is not \r\npresent, and the two remaining members are not agreed, the question in dispute shall be \r\nkept pending until the next meeting of the Commission at which the president is present, and \r\nthe opinion of the majority or of the p resident when only two members are present shall be \r\ndeemed to be the opinion of the Commission. \r\n82. Costs in proceedings may be made payable out of income of Sikh Gurdwara .– \r\nThe costs, charges and expenses of, and incidental to, any proceedings of the Comm ission \r\nshall be in the discretion of the Commission, and the Commission may in disposing of any \r\nproceedings direct that the whole or any part of such expenses shall be paid by any party to \r\nsuch proceedings or out of the property or income of the notified Sikh Gurdwara to which the \r\nproceedings relate. \r\n83. Dissolution of Commission.– The \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government] may at any time, when \r\nthere is no proceeding pending before the Commission, dissolve the Commission. \r\n84. Decision as to whether a person is or is not  a patit.– If it is necessary to decide \r\nfor the purposes of the constitution of the Board or a committee, under the provisions of this \r\nAct, whether a person has or has not become a patit the question shall on application being \r\nmade thereto for this purpose be decided by the Commission. \r\nCHAPTER VIII \r\nCommittees of gurdwaras \r\n85. Constitution of committees of management of certain gurdwaras .– \r\n2\r\n[(1) The \r\nBoard shall be the Committee of Management for the Gurdwaras known as:–  \r\n(i) the Sri Akal Takhat Sahib at Amri tsar and Sri Takhat Keshgarh Sahib, \r\nAnandpur;  \r\n(ii) The Darbar Sahib Baba Attal Sahib and all other Notified Sikh Gurdwaras \r\nother than Sri Akal Takhat Sahib situated within the Municipal boundaries of \r\nAmritsar;  \r\n(iii) Sri Darbar Sahib and all other Notifie d Sikh Gurdwaras within the limits of \r\nMunicipal area of Tarn Taran; \r\n(iv) Notified Sikh Gurdwaras at Nankana Sahib;  \r\n(v) All the Notified Sikh Gurdwaras at Anandpur and the Gurdwaras connected \r\ntherewith other than the Sri Takhat Keshgarh Sahib;  \r\n(vi) The Notified Sikh Gurdwara at Mukatsar;  \r\n(vii) The Notified Sikh Gurdwaras within the limits of Hassan Abdal Small Town in \r\nAttock District; and  \r\n(viii) The Notified Sikh Gurdwaras within the limits of Lahore Corporation.  \r\n(2) The Board shall in consultation with  local committees prepare a scheme for \r\nAdministration and Management of the Gurdwaras described in subsection (1), their \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n2Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated Feburary 06, 1945, pp. 19-23, s. 19 and it cancelled the Punjab Government Notification No. 426-Leg., dated January 17, \r\n1945, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10. \r\nproperty, endowments, funds and income. Thereafter, this scheme may be modified or \r\namended from time to time by a resolution of the Board passed by a majority of two-thirds of \r\nthe members present in the meeting, after consulting the local committee for the Gurdwara \r\nor Gurdwaras concerned, constituted under subsection (3): \r\nProvided that any scheme so prepared shall provide that 10 per cent  of the gross \r\nincome be earmarked by the Committee of Management for the promotion and uplift of \r\nIndustry by which the Sikh Community shall benefit.  \r\n (3)(a) The local Committee for the Gurdwaras Akal Takhat and Keshgarh mentioned \r\nin subsection (1) (i) shall be the Board.  \r\n(b) The local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1) (ii) shall consist \r\nof–  \r\n(i)  three members elected by the electors of the Municipal area of Amritsar \r\nregistered under the provisions of section 92;  \r\n(ii) four members e lected by electors of the Amritsar District registered under the \r\nprovisions of section 92 other than the electors so registered of the Municipal \r\narea of Amritsar; \r\n(iii) five members elected by the Board, in general meeting one of whom shall be one \r\nof the p ersons nominated to be member of the Board under the provisions of \r\nsubsection (2) of section 43;  \r\n(c) The local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1) (iii) shall consist \r\nof–  \r\n(i) one member elected by the electors of Municipal area of Tar n Taran, registered \r\nunder the provisions of section 92;  \r\n(ii) three members elected by the electors of the Amritsar District registered under \r\nthe provisions of section 92, other than the electors so registered of Municipal \r\narea of Tarn Taran;  \r\n(iii) three members elected by the Board in general meeting;  \r\n(d) The local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1) (iv) shall consist \r\nof–  \r\n(i) one member elected by the electors of the Municipal area of Nankana Sahib \r\nregistered under the provisions of section 92;  \r\n(ii) two members elected by the electors of the Sheikhupura District registered under \r\nthe provisions of section 92 other than the electors so registered of Municipal \r\narea of Nankana Sahib;  \r\n(iii) two members elected by the electors of the Guj ranwala District registered under \r\nthe provisions of section 92;  \r\n(iv) one member elected by the electors of the Lahore District registered under the \r\nprovisions of section 92;  \r\n(v) two members elected by the electors of the Lyallpur District registered unde r the \r\nprovisions of section 92;  \r\n(vi) five members elected by the Board in general meeting.  \r\n(e) The Local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1) (v) shall consist \r\nof–  \r\n(i) two members elected by the electors of the revenue estates of Anan dpur, \r\nTarapur, Lodipur, Basali and Chak registered under the provisions of section 92;  \r\n(ii) two members elected by the electors of the Hoshiarpur District registered under \r\nthe provisions of section 92, other than the electors specified in clause (i);  \r\n(iii) one member elected by the electors of the Ambala District registered under the \r\nprovisions of section 92;  \r\n(iv) one member elected by the electors of the Jullundur District registered under the \r\nprovisions of section 92;  \r\n(v) five members elected by the B oard in general meeting two of whom shall be \r\nresidents of Kapurthala State. \r\n(f) The Local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1)(vi) shall consist \r\nof–  \r\n(i) one member elected by the electors of the municipal area of Mukatsar registered \r\nunder the provisions of section 92; \r\n(ii) two members elected by the electors of the Forozepore District registered under \r\nthe provisions of section 92, other than the electors so registered of the municipal \r\narea of Makatsar;  \r\n(iii) one member elected by the el ectors of the Ludhiana District registered under the \r\nprovisions of section 92;  \r\n(iv) five members elected by the Board in general meeting, one of these being \r\nresident of Nabha State and one of Faridkot State. \r\n(g) The Local Committee for the Gurdwaras menti oned in subsection (1) (vii) shall \r\nconsist of–  \r\n(i) two members elected by the electors of the Rawalpindi District registered under \r\nthe provisions of section 92;  \r\n(ii) one member elected by the electors of the Attock District registered under the \r\nprovisions of section 92;  \r\n(iii) one member elected by the electors of the Jhelum District registered under the \r\nprovisions of section 92;  \r\n(iv) five members elected by the Board in general meeting two of whom shall be \r\nresidents of the North -West Frontier Province a nd one a Sehjdhari Sikh resident \r\nof North-West Frontier Province or Rawalpindi Division.  \r\n(h) The Local Committee for the Gurdwaras mentioned in subsection (1) (viii) shall \r\nconsist of–  \r\n(i) three members elected by the electors of Lahore Corporation regist ered under \r\nthe provisions of section 92; \r\n(ii) three members elected by the electors of the Lahore District registered under the \r\nprovisions of section 92 other than the electors so registered of the Lahore \r\nCorporation; \r\n(iii) two members elected by the Board in general meeting.  \r\n1\r\n[(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (3), the members of the local \r\ncommittee mentioned in sub -clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b), sub -clause (ii) of clause (c), \r\nsub-clauses (ii), (iii) and (v) of clause (d), sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (e), sub-clause (ii) \r\nof clause (f), sub -clause (i) of clause (g) and sub -clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (h) thereof \r\nshall be elected from single member constituencies as prescribed.]  \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1949 (IX of 1949), vide Notification No. 567-Leg., dated 29th April, 1949, \r\npublished in the West Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April 29, 1949, pp. 87-88, clause (i) of s. 3. \r\n(5) The various Local Committees, constituted  under subsection (3), shall carry on the \r\nday to day business of the respective Gurdwaras within the sanctioned budget under the \r\nsupervision, directions and control of the Board and subject to the provisions of the Act and \r\nthe scheme of Administration referred to in subsection (2):  \r\nProvided that none of the members elected by the Board in general meeting to the local \r\ncommittees constituted under subsection (3) shall belong to the Districts which have the right \r\nto elect members to the said local committees:  \r\nProvided further that the existing committees of management of the Gurdwaras under \r\nthis section shall hereafter act as local committees of the respective Gurdwaras till the \r\n1\r\n[local \r\ncommittees are constituted]. \r\n86. Committees of gurdwaras other than those  specified in section 85 .– For every \r\nNotified Sikh Gurdwara other than a gurdwara specified in section 85 a committee shall be \r\nconstituted after it has been declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara under the provisions of this Act, \r\nor after the provisions of Part II I have been applied to it under the provisions of section 38: \r\nprovided that the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] may by notification direct that there shall be one \r\ncommittee for any two or more such gurdwaras specified in the notification, and may in like \r\nmanner cancel or modify such notification: provided further that the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government] \r\nshall not issue, cancel or modify any such notification after the constitution of the first Board, \r\nexcept upon recommendation being made to it in this behalf by the board. \r\n4\r\n[86-A. Member of committee not to be member of the executive committee of the \r\nBoard.– A member of committee of management constituted under section 86 and a \r\nmember of local committee constituted under section 85 shall not be eligible for election as a \r\nmember of the executive committee of the Board and if any member of the executive \r\ncommittee at any time becomes a member of such committee of management or local \r\ncommittee, he shall forthwith cease to be a member of the executive committee.] \r\n87. Constitution of committee not specially provided for .– Every committee other \r\nthan a \r\n5\r\n[local] committee for which provision is made in section 85 shall consist of four \r\nelected members and one member nominated by the Board, who shall be a resident in the \r\ndistrict in wh ich the gurdwara or one of the gurdwaras to be managed by the committee is \r\nsituated. \r\n88. Constitution of committees; publication of constitution and effect thereof .– (1) \r\nThe \r\n6\r\n[local committees or] committees described in sections 85 and 86 shall be constit uted \r\nas soon as may be after the constitution of the Board: provided that no \r\n7\r\n[local committee or] \r\ncommittee shall be constituted for any gurdwara under the provisions of this Act unless and \r\nuntil it has been declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara under the provis ions of this Act, or the \r\nprovisions of Part III have been applied to it under the provisions of section 38. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “next Gurdwara General Election takes place” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amen dment) Act, 1949 (IX of \r\n1949), vide Notification No. 567-Leg., dated April 29, 1949, published in the West Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April \r\n29, 1949, pp. 87-88 (w.e.f 17.01.1945), clause (ii) of s. 3. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adapta tion of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n3Ibid. \r\n4Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published  in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 20.  \r\n5Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 21.  \r\n6Ibid., clause (a) of s. 22. \r\n7Ibid. \r\n (2) When all the members of any \r\n1\r\n[local] committee described in section 85 have \r\nbeen elected \r\n2\r\n[* * * * *], according to the provisions of that sect ion, the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial \r\nGovernment] shall notify the fact that the \r\n4\r\n[local] committee has been duly constituted, and \r\nthe date of the publication of the notification shall be deemed to be the date of the \r\nconstitution of the \r\n5\r\n[local] committee. \r\n (3) When all t he members of any committee described in section 87 have been \r\nelected or nominated, as the case may be, according to the provisions of that section, the \r\nCommissioner of the Division in which the gurdwara or gurdwaras is or are situated shall \r\nnotify the fact that the committee has been duly constituted, and the date of the publication \r\nof the notification shall be deemed to be the date of the constitution of the committee. \r\n89. Election of members .– (1) The elected members of a committee \r\n6\r\n[or a local \r\ncommittee] constituted for a gurdwara specified in the Schedule I shall be elected by the \r\nconstituencies specified in the Schedule against the gurdwaras: \r\n Provided that the \r\n7\r\n[Provincial Government] may, from time to time, and after such \r\nconsultation with the Board as it considers proper, by notification alter the local limits of any \r\nconstituency. \r\n (2) The elected members of a committee constituted for a gurdwara other than a \r\ngurdwara specified in Schedule I or in section 85 shall be elected by a constituency formed,  \r\nsubject to the approval of the \r\n8\r\n[Provincial Government] by the Board in general meeting, \r\nprovided that for the election of such a committee before the constitution of the first Board \r\nunder the provisions of this Act the \r\n9\r\n[Provincial Government] shall, if necessary, form the \r\nconstituency. \r\n (3) The Board may in general meeting, and subject to the approval of the \r\n10\r\n[Provincial Government], from time to time vary any constituency formed under the \r\nprovisions of sub-section (2). \r\n90. Qualification for election to a committee.– (1) A person shall not be eligible for \r\nelection as member of a committee \r\n11\r\n[or of a local committee] if such person– \r\n(i)  is not registered on the roll of any constituency formed for the purposes of the \r\nAct, or \r\n(ii)  is of unsound mind, or \r\n(iii)  is an undischarged insolvent, or \r\n                                                           \r\n1Ibid. \r\n2Omitted the words “or co-opted, as the case may be” by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 22. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n4Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (b) of s. 22. \r\n5Ibid. \r\n6Ibid., s. 23. \r\n7Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n8Ibid.  \r\n9Ibid.  \r\n10Ibid.  \r\n11Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (a) of s. 24. \r\n(iv) is a minister of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara other than the head minister of the \r\nDarbar Sahib, Amritsar, or any of the four Sikh Takhts specified in clause (ii) \r\nof sub-section (1) of section 43, or \r\n(v) is a paid servant of any Notified Sikh Gurdwara or of the Board, or \r\n(vi) is a patit, \r\n1\r\n[or] \r\n2\r\n[(vii) is not a Sikh, or  \r\n(viii) being a Keshadhari Sikh is not a amritdhari, or  \r\n(ix) takes alcoholic drinks, or \r\n(x) cannot read and write Gurmukhi.] \r\n  (2) Notwithstanding anythi ng contained in sub -section (1), no person shall be \r\nprevented from standing as a candidate at any election on the ground that he is a patit, but if \r\nhe is elected and thereafter found, under the provisions of section 84, to be a patit, his \r\nelection shall be void. \r\n91. Qualification for nomination to a committee .– A person shall not be nominated \r\n3\r\n[or co-opted] to be a member of a committee if he– \r\n(i) is less than twenty-one years of age, or \r\n(ii) is of unsound mind, or  \r\n(iii) is an undischarged insolvent, or  \r\n(iv) is a patit \r\n4\r\n[or not a Sikh], or \r\n(v) is a minister of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara other than the head minister of the \r\nDarbar Sahib, Amritsar, or any of the four Sikh Takhts specified in clause (ii) \r\nof sub-section (1) of section 43, or \r\n(vi) is a paid servant of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara, \r\n5\r\n[(vii) being a Keshadhari Sikh is not a amritdhari, or  \r\n(viii) takes alcoholic drinks, or \r\n(ix) cannot read and write Gurmukhi.] \r\n6\r\n[92. Qualification of electors .– Every person shall be entitled to have his name registered \r\non the electoral roll of a constituency for the election of a member or members of a \r\ncommittee or of a local committee who is a resident in that constituency, and either:–  \r\n(i) is on the electoral roll for the time being in force of persons entitled to vote f or \r\nthe election of a member to represent a Sikh urban or rural constituency of \r\nthe \r\n7\r\n[Provincial Assembly], or  \r\n(ii)  is a Sikh more than twenty-one years of age and has had his name registered \r\nas a voter in such manner as may be prescribed:  \r\nProvided that no person shall be registered as an elector who–  \r\n(a) trims or shaves his beard or keshas except in case of Sehjdhari Sikhs;  \r\n                                                           \r\n1Added by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 24. \r\n2Ibid., clause (c) of s. 24. \r\n3Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, clause (a) of s. 25. \r\n4Ibid., clause (b) of s. 25. \r\n5Added by the Act ibid., clause (c) of s. 25. \r\n6Substituted by the Act ibid., s. 26. \r\n7Substituted for the words “Provincial Legislative Assembly” by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964, vide \r\nNotification No. Integ.7.13/62, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 3, 1964, pp. 1805-1849, s. \r\n2 read with Schedule, Part-II.  \r\n(b) smokes; and  \r\n  (c) takes alcoholic drinks.] \r\n93. Right to vote.– Every person registered on the electoral roll of a constituency for the \r\nelection of a member or members of a committee \r\n1\r\n[or a local committee] shall be entitled \r\nwhile so registered to vote at an election of a member or members for that constituency. \r\n94. Period of continuance of committees .– Every committee shall cont inue for \r\n2\r\n[five] \r\nyears from the date of its constitution or until a new committee has been constituted, \r\nwhichever is later. \r\n \r\n3\r\n[94.A. Incorporation of committees .– Every Committee shall be a body corporate by the \r\nname of the Committee of Management of the G urdwara or Gurdwaras under its \r\nmanagement and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be \r\nsued in its corporate name.] \r\n4\r\n[95. Effect of subsequent disability to serve as a member of a Committee.– (1) If any \r\nperson having been elected or nominated a member of a Committee becomes subject to any \r\nof the disabilities stated in section 90 or 91, as the case may be, he shall cease to be a \r\nmember thereof. \r\n (2) If any person having been elected or nominated a member of the Committee \r\nabsents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Committee, his name may be \r\nremoved from membership by the Committee, provided that, if he applies to the Committee \r\nwithin one month of the removal of his name to be restored  to membership, the Committee \r\nmay, at the meeting next following the date of the receipt of such application, restore him to \r\noffice, provided further that no member shall be so restored more than three times to the \r\nsame Committee.] \r\n96. Vacancies in committees other than those specified in s ection 85.– \r\n5\r\n[(1)] On the \r\noccurrence of a vacancy in a \r\n6\r\n[local] committee other than one of the committees specified in \r\nsection 85 a new member shall be elected or nominated, as the case may be, in the manner \r\nin which his predecessor was elected or nominat ed, and if no member is duly elected to \r\nreplace an elected member, the Board may appoint any qualified person to fill the vacancy. \r\n7\r\n[(2) If in three consecutive elections no member is elected for the committee of \r\nmanagement of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara the Board may constitute the Committee for such \r\na gurdwara; provided the persons appointed upon such a committee shall be the residents of \r\nthe district in which the said gurdwara or gurdwaras are situated.] \r\n97. Vacancies in committees specified in section 85 .– If a vacancy occurs in the \r\n8\r\n[local] committee of a gurdwara specified in section 85 a new member shall be elected or \r\nco-opted to fill the vacancy in the manner in which his predecessor was elected or co -opted, \r\n                                                           \r\n1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 27. \r\n2Substituted for the word “three” by the Act ibid., s. 28. \r\n3Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) , vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 7. \r\n4Substituted by the Act ibid., s. 8. \r\n5Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 30. \r\n6Inserted by the Act ibid., s. 29. \r\n7Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 30. \r\n8Inserted by the Act ibid., s. 31. \r\nprovided that if the predecessor was elected by the Board in general meeting the executive \r\ncommittee may temporarily fill the vacancy until the next general meeting of the Board when \r\nthe Board shall elect a member permanently to fill the vacancy. \r\n98. Committees to meet at least three times a year.– \r\n1\r\n[(1)] Every committee shall meet \r\nat least three times in each year. \r\n2\r\n[(2) If no meeting has been held for a period of four months, any two members of \r\nthe Committee may, by giving reasonable notice to the other members residing in India, \r\nconvene a meeting of the committee.] \r\n99.  Notice of meetings.– A meeting of a committee shall be called by the president by \r\nseven day’s notice in writing, provided that if the office of president is vacant, the vice -\r\npresident shall, and if the office of vice -president is als o vacant, any two members of a \r\ncommittee may, by giving reasonable notice to the other members, convene a meeting for \r\nthe election of a president. \r\n100.  Quorum of committee.– No business shall be conducted or any proceeding held by \r\na committee except at a meeting at which three or more members are present. \r\n101.  Presidents and Vice -Presidents of committees .– (1) Every committee shall at its \r\nfirst meeting elect a member to be president and another member to be vice -president, and \r\neach of the members so elected shall hold office during the continuance of the committee or \r\nuntil he resigns or ceases to be a member of the committee. \r\n  (2) An outgoing president or vice-president shall, if otherwise qualified, be eligible \r\nfor re-election. \r\n  (3) At meetings of the c ommittee the president shall be chairman; if he is absent \r\nthe vice-president shall be chairman, and if both the president and the vice -president are \r\nabsent, the members present shall elect one of themselves to be chairman for the purpose \r\nof the meeting. \r\n102. Decisions of questions before committees .– All questions which come before a \r\ncommittee shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present, and in cases \r\nof an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. \r\n103. Minutes to be recorded .– All resolutions and orders of a committee shall be \r\nrecorded in writing in a minute book and the record shall be signed by the chairman of the \r\nmeeting. \r\n104. Resignation of president and members of committee .– (1) A member of a \r\ncommittee other than the president may resign his office by giving notice to the president \r\nand a president may resign his office by giving notice to the committee. \r\n (2) The resignation shall take effect in the case of a member from the date of its \r\nacceptance by the p resident, and in the case of a president from the date of its acceptance \r\nby the committee. \r\n105. Exclusion of Board acting as committee from operation of this chapter .– \r\n3\r\n[The \r\nprovisions of sections 95, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 and 104 shall apply to the l ocal \r\ncommittees constituted under section 85, but nothing contained in this chapter shall, apply to \r\n                                                           \r\n1Re-numbered by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930  (III of 1930), vide Notification No. 116, dated 8 th October 1930, \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 9. \r\n2Added by the Act ibid. \r\n3Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), pu blished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 32. \r\nthe Board when acting as the committee of management for the gurdwaras specified in \r\nsection 85 (1).] \r\nCHAPTER IX \r\nFinances \r\n106. Object on which the funds of a  Gurdwara may be spent .– (1) Subject to the \r\nprovisions of this Act all properties and income of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara shall be used, in \r\nthe first place, for the maintenance or improvement of the gurdwara; for the maintenance of \r\nreligious worship and the  performance and conduct of religious and charitable duties, \r\nceremonies and observances connected therewith; for the payment of allowances or salaries \r\nof dependents, officers and servants thereof; for the fulfillment of the objects of the \r\nendowments thereo f; for the maintenance of the langar; for such religious, charitable or \r\neducational purposes as the committee may consider necessary in connection therewith or \r\nfor the discharge of any obligations legally incurred. \r\n (2) When after providing for the purpose s specified in sub -section (1) there \r\nremains or appears likely to remain any surplus sum or any income not required for any such \r\npurposes, the committee may, by resolution passed by not less than two -thirds of its \r\nmembers, propose to allocate a part or the  whole of such surplus sum or income to a \r\nparticular religious, educational or charitable purpose and may, if the Board in writing \r\nsanctions such proposal, act in accordance therewith, provided that any proposal so \r\nsanctioned to devote to such purpose inco me accruing during a period of more than three \r\nyears may at any time not sooner than three years after the proposal was sanctioned be \r\nrescinded or varied by a subsequent resolution of the committee passed in like manner. \r\n (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) when it appears to the \r\nBoard that after providing for the purposes specified in sub -section (1) there remains or is \r\nlikely to remain any surplus sum or income not required for any such purposes, and the \r\ncommittee is not willing to d evote such surplus sum or income to other purposes, the Board \r\nmay apply to the Commission for an order allowing the Board to devote the whole or part of \r\nsuch surplus sum or income to a particular and specified religious, educational or other \r\ncharitable purpose. \r\n (4) When application has been made in accordance with the provisions of sub -\r\nsection (3) the Commission may, after hearing the objections, if any, of the committee or of \r\nany person having interest in the gurdwara concerned, if it is satisfied that th e application is \r\nreasonable, determine what portion, if any, of such surplus sum or income shall be retained \r\nas a reserve fund for the gurdwara concerned and direct the remainder of the surplus sum or \r\nincome to be devoted to any such religious, educational  or charitable purpose as it may \r\ndeem proper, and the Commission may, from time to time, on the application of the Board or \r\nof the committee or of a person having interest in the gurdwara concerned, rescind or vary \r\nany order passed under the provisions of this sub-section. \r\n (5) A committee or the Board if it is aggrieved by an order passed under sub -\r\nsection (4) may, not later than ninety days after the passing of the order, appeal to the High \r\nCourt and the High Court may confirm the order or pass any such o rder as the Commission \r\nmight have passed instead of the order appealed against. \r\n1\r\n[(6) Nothing contained in subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) shall apply to the Board \r\nwhen acting as a Committee of management under section 85 of this Act. In the case of \r\nsuch a committee when after providing for the purposes specified in subsection (1) there \r\nremains or appears likely to remain any surplus sum or any income not required for such \r\npurposes, the committee may by a resolution passed by not less than two -thirds of t he \r\n                                                           \r\n1Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 33. \r\nmembers present in the meeting: provided that the meeting is attended by not less than one-\r\nhalf of the total members constituting the committee, utilize or allocate a part or the whole of \r\nsuch surplus sum or income of any particular gurdwara under its management to a particular \r\nreligious educational, charitable or industrial purpose: \r\nProvided further that an allocation so made to devote to such purpose income accruing \r\nduring a period of more than three years may at any time not sooner than three years af ter \r\nthe allocation was made be rescinded or varied by a subsequent resolution of the committee \r\npassed in the like manner.] \r\n107. Annual contribution to Board .– (1) Every committee shall pay annually to the \r\nBoard for the purpose of meeting the lawful expense s of the Board a contribution in money \r\nout of the income of the gurdwara or gurdwaras under its management. \r\n1\r\n[(2) The proportion which such contribution shall bear to the annual income of a \r\ngurdwara shall be fixed for each gurdwara by the Board: provided t hat it shall not exceed \r\none-tenth of such income.]  \r\n2\r\n[(3) The Board shall be competent to reduce the amount of contribution due to the \r\nBoard from any committee or gurdwara in any year for special reasons. Further the Board \r\nshall have power to prescribe the limit or annual income of the gurdwara or gurdwaras which \r\nmay be totally exempted from making the contribution payable to the Board under the \r\nprovisions of this section.]  \r\n108. Formation of General Board Fund .– (1) The Board shall establish and maintain a  \r\nfund to be called the General Board Fund, and there shall be placed to the credit thereof the \r\nfollowing sums, namely– \r\n(i) all the annual contributions paid to the Board under the provisions of section \r\n107; \r\n(ii) all the fees for copies of accounts and of e ntries in registers levied by the \r\nBoard under the provisions of sub -section (2) of section 114 and sub -section \r\n(8) of section 137. \r\n  (2) No sums other than those specified in sub -section (1) shall be placed to the \r\ncredit of the General Board Fund. \r\n3\r\n[(3) The General Board Fund shall be applied solely to the payment of expenses \r\nlawfully incurred by the Board in the exercise of its powers under the provisions of this Act, \r\ntowards the discharge of obligations legally incurred and towards the maintenance, \r\nprotection and support of such historical gurdwaras which in the opinion of the Board cannot \r\nbe maintained, protected or provided for otherwise, provided that if after paying such \r\nexpenses and discharging such obligations and affording such protection any surplu s sum \r\nremains, such surplus sum, up to the amount of twenty-thousand rupees in any year, may be \r\nspent by the Board on any religious, charitable, educational or industrial purposes and on \r\nsuch non-political purposes as are connected with the general uplift and welfare of the Panth \r\nas the Board may deem fit.] \r\n  (4) No part of the General Board Fund, shall be expended upon the administration \r\nof any trust fund described in section 111 or section 112, or upon the object of any such trust \r\nfund except in so far as  such expenditure may be permissible under the provisions of sub -\r\nsection (3). \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 34. \r\n2Added by the Act ibid., s. 35. \r\n3Substituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), publi shed in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 36. \r\n109. Funds transferred to Board by Shromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee .– If \r\nany sum is transferred to the Board by the Shromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, \r\nthen:– \r\n(i) any portion thereof held on behalf of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara shall be paid, \r\nas soon as may be, to the committee of such gurdwara, and any portion held \r\non behalf of any other place of worship shall be paid to such person acting on \r\nbehalf of the place of worship, as the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government] may approve; \r\n(ii) any portion not required to be paid under the provisions of clause (i) shall, in \r\nthe first place, be used to discharge such debts of the Shromani Gurdwara \r\nParbandhak Committee as may be legally recoverable; \r\n(iii) any portion remaining after the debts of the Shromani Gurdwara Parbandhak \r\nCommittee have been discharged as required by clause (ii) shall be set apart \r\nfor such religious, charitable or educational purposes as the Board in general \r\nmeeting may determine, provided that any portion not so set apart within one \r\nyear from the constitution of the first Board shall be handed over to the \r\ncommittee described in sub-section (2) of section 85 and shall form part of the \r\nfunds of that committee. \r\n110. Funds held in Trust by the Board for specified purposes.– Every sum made over \r\nto the Board under the provisions of this Act by a committee of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara or \r\notherwise received by the Board, for a specified religious, charitable \r\n2\r\n[industrial] or \r\neducational purpose shall be held by the Board as a trust and shall be devoted to the \r\npurpose specified. \r\n111. General Trust Fund.– Every sum other than a sum specified in sections 107, 109, or \r\n110 or sub-section (2) of section 114 or sub-section (8) of section 137, shall be placed to the \r\ncredit of a fund to be called the General Trust Fund out of which the Board in general \r\nmeeting may from time to time make allotments for the discharge of any obligations legally \r\nincurred in connection therewith or for such religious , charitable \r\n3\r\n[industrial] or educational \r\npurposes as the Board may consider proper or for grants in -aid for the maintenances or \r\nservice of Notified Sikh Gurdwaras. \r\n112. Separate funds to be maintained for each trust .– The Board shall establish and \r\nmaintain a separate fund in respect of each trust held in accordance with the provisions of \r\nclause (iii) of section 109 or of section 110, and may discharge out of each such fund any \r\nobligations legally incurred in connection therewith. \r\n113. Trust Funds to be dep osited in banks .– Every sum received by the Board in \r\nconnection with any fund shall be placed to the credit of the fund in such bank as the Board \r\nin general meeting may direct. \r\n114. Board to maintain accounts of all Trust funds and of General Board Fund .– (1) \r\nThe Board shall maintain regular accounts showing receipts on account of an expenditure \r\nout of the General Board Fund and separate similar accounts for each fund established \r\nunder the provisions of section 112 and for the General Trust Fund. \r\n (2) Any person having interest in a Notified Sikh Gurdwara shall on application \r\nbeing made to the Board be furnished with a copy, certified to be correct by the president or \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n2Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 37. \r\n3Ibid., s. 38. \r\nother member of the executive committee authorised by the president on this behalf, of the \r\nwhole or of any specified part of such account. \r\n  (3) The Board shall charge for copies of accounts furnished under the provision \r\nof sub-section (1) such fees as are charged for copies of records under the control of Deputy \r\nCommissioners of districts under the rules for the time being in force in the Punjab. \r\n115. Audit of accounts.– (1) The accounts described in section 114 shall be audited and \r\nexamined once in every year by such auditor as may from time to time be appointed by the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government]. \r\n  (2) For the purpose of any such audit and examination of accounts the auditor \r\nmay by a demand in writing require from the Board or any member or servant of the Board \r\nthe production before him of all books, deeds, vouchers and all other documents and papers \r\nwhich he deems necessary, and may require any person holding or accountable for any \r\nsuch books, deeds, vouchers, documents or papers to appear before him at any such audit \r\nand examination, and to answer all questions which may be put to him with respec t to the \r\nsame or to prepare and submit any further statement which such auditor may consider \r\nnecessary. \r\n116.  Auditor’s report.– (1) Within thirty days after the audit and examination have been \r\ncompleted the auditor shall submit a report to the Board upon each account audited and \r\nexamined, and shall forward copies of his reports to the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] and to the \r\nCommission. \r\n  (2) The report of the auditor shall among other matters specify all items of \r\nexpenditure which in his opinion are illegal, i rregular or improper, all cases of failure to \r\nrecover money or property due to the Board, all instances of loss or wasteful expenditure of \r\nmoney or property due to negligence or misconduct and all instances in which any money or \r\nproperty has been devoted to any purpose not authorised by this Act. \r\n  (3) The Board shall cause the report and abstracts of each account to be \r\npublished in at least one English and one vernacular newspaper printed and published in the \r\nPunjab. \r\n117. Board to consider auditor’s report .– The Board in general meeting shall consider \r\nthe reports of the auditor and satisfy itself that no expenditure shown therein has been \r\nincurred otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall pass such \r\norders as are in its opinion n ecessary and proper to rectify any illegal, unauthorized or \r\nimproper expenditure, and may pass such further orders upon the reports as it may deem \r\nproper. \r\n118. Payment of expenses of audit .– (1) The expenses incurred in the audit and \r\nexamination of the acc ount of any fund maintained by the Board in accordance with the \r\nprovisions of this Act shall be paid out of that fund. \r\n (2) If payment of the expenses referred to in sub -section (1) is not made within \r\nthree months from the date of the submission of a repor t as described in section 116, the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government] may on application to it being made within six months from such \r\ndate by the auditor recover the amount due as if it were an arrear of land revenue. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n2Ibid.  \r\n3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n119. Budget of Board .– (1) The executive committ ee shall lay before the Board at a \r\ngeneral meeting to be held each year at such time as may be prescribed an estimate of the \r\nincome and expenditure for the ensuing financial year of the Board and of each separate \r\nfund administered by the Board. \r\n (2) The Board shall in general meeting take into consideration every estimate laid \r\nbefore it by the executive committee, and it shall be in the discretion of the Board to pass or \r\nreject such estimate or to modify or alter it and to pass it as so modified or altered. \r\n120. Accounts to be maintained by committees .– (1) The committee  \r\n1\r\n[or the local \r\ncommittee] of every Notified Sikh Gurdwara shall maintain a regular account, showing all \r\nsums received on behalf of and all disbursements made out of the funds and income of t he \r\ngurdwara. \r\n (2) Any person having interest in the gurdwara shall, on application to the \r\nsecretary of the committee \r\n2\r\n[or the local committee], be furnished with a copy of the whole or \r\nany part of such account. \r\n (3) The committee  \r\n3\r\n[or the local committee] shall charge for copies furnished \r\nunder the provisions of sub-section (1) such fees as are charged for copies of records under \r\nthe control of Deputy Commissioners of districts under the rules for the time being in force in \r\nthe Punjab. \r\n121. Audit of committ ee’s accounts.– (1) Subject to the provisions of sub -section (5) \r\nevery account described in section 120 shall be audited and examined once in every year by \r\nan auditor appointed by the Board. \r\n (2) The accounts of the \r\n4\r\n[local] committees described in \r\n5\r\n[* * *] section 85 shall be \r\naudited by an auditor who may act as an auditor under the provisions of section 144 of the \r\nIndian Companies Act, 1913. \r\n (3) The Board shall maintain a list of not less than five auditors nominated by the \r\nBoard with the previous sanction of the \r\n6\r\n[Provincial Government] for the purpose of the audit \r\nof the accounts of committees other than those specified in sub -section (2), and no auditor, \r\nwhose name is not on the list, shall be appointed to audit such accounts. \r\n (4) If within six months  of the constitution of the Board the Board has failed to \r\nnominate auditors as required by sub -section (3) the \r\n7\r\n[Provincial Government] may appoint \r\nsuch number of auditors as are necessary to complete the list. \r\n (5) The committee of any Notified Sikh Gurdw ara whose gross annual monetary \r\nincome does not exceed two thousand rupees may, with the sanction of the Board, cause \r\nthe account of such gurdwara to be audited less frequently than once in every year or may \r\nwith like sanction dispense with the audit and examination of such account. \r\n (6) For the purpose of any such audit and examination the auditor may by a \r\ndemand in writing, require from the committee or any member or servant of the committee \r\nthe production before him of all books, deeds, vouchers and all other documents and papers \r\n                                                           \r\n1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 39. \r\n2Ibid. \r\n3Ibid. \r\n4Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the P unjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 40. \r\n5Omitted the words and figures “subsection (2) and subsection (4) of” by the Act ibid. \r\n6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian La ws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n7Ibid.  \r\nwhich he deems necessary, and may require any person holding or accountable for any \r\nsuch books, deeds, vouchers, documents or papers to appear before him at any such audit \r\nand examination and to answer all questions which may be put to him with respect to the \r\nsame or to prepare and submit any further statement which such auditor may consider \r\nnecessary. \r\n122. Report of auditor.– (1) Within thirty days after the audit and examination have been \r\ncompleted the auditor shall report to th e committee of the gurdwara upon the accounts \r\naudited and examined and shall forward a copy of his report to the Board, and, in the case of \r\nthe accounts of the committees described in sub -section (2) and sub -section (4) of section \r\n85, shall forward a copy to the \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government] also. \r\n (2) The report of the auditor shall among other matters specify all items of \r\nexpenditure which in his opinion are illegal, irregular or improper, all cases of failure to \r\nrecover money or property due to the gurdwara, all instances of loss or wasteful expenditure \r\nof money or property due to negligence or misconduct and all instances in which any money \r\nor property has been devoted to any purpose not authorised by this Act. \r\n \r\n2\r\n[(3)] The auditor’s report upon the account of  a gurdwara shall be open to \r\ninspection by any Sikh provided that reasonable notice of intention to inspect is given by \r\nsuch Sikh to the committee. \r\n3\r\n[(4)] The expenses incurred in the audit and examination of the accounts of a \r\ngurdwara shall be paid out of the income of the gurdwara. \r\n123. Budget of committees.– (1) Every committee shall submit each year to the Board at \r\nsuch time as may be prescribed an estimate of the income and expenditure for the ensuing \r\nfinancial year of the gurdwara or gurdwaras under its management. \r\n (2) The Board shall scrutinize every estimate submitted in accordance with the \r\nprovisions of sub -section (1), and if it finds that the estimate provides for expenditure not \r\nauthorised by this Act, the Board shall direct the committee to mod ify or alter the estimate \r\nwithin a reasonable time in such manner as the Board may deem necessary, and if the \r\ncommittee does not within the time stated comply with the direction, the Board shall apply to \r\nthe Commission to pass an order calling upon the com mittee to make such modification or \r\nalteration, and the Commission may, after making such enquiry as may in its opinion be \r\nnecessary, pass any order that it considers just and proper. \r\n (3) If the Board finds that an estimate submitted to it is not in accor dance with a \r\nscheme of administration settled under the provisions of this Act for the gurdwara to which the \r\nestimate relates, the Board may direct the committee to modify or alter the estimate within a \r\nreasonable time in such manner as the Board may deem necessary, and if the committee \r\ndoes not within the time stated comply with the direction, the Board may apply to the \r\nCommission to pass an order calling upon the committee to make such modification or \r\nalteration and the Commission may, after making such e nquiry as may in its opinion be \r\nnecessary, pass any order that it considers just and proper. \r\n (4) Nothing in this section shall apply to the committee constituted \r\n                                                           \r\n1Ibid.  \r\n2Renumbered by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in t he Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated \r\nApril 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, s. 2. \r\n3Ibid.  \r\nunder the provisions \r\n1\r\n[* *] of section 85. \r\n124. Recovery of contributions .– (1) The contribu tion payable under the provisions of \r\nsection 107 shall be paid by the committee of a gurdwara after such notice and in such \r\nmanner as may be prescribed. \r\n (2) If a committee fails after due notice to pay any sum payable by it under the \r\nprovisions of sub -section (1) the Commission shall on application being made to it by the \r\nBoard in this behalf call upon the committee to show cause why it should not be ordered to \r\npay such sum, and may after hearing such member of the committee as may be deputed by \r\nthe committee for this purpose, pass an order directing the committee to pay the sum found \r\npayable either in a lump sum or by instalments, as it deems fit. \r\nCHAPTER X \r\nPowers and duties of the board \r\n125. Powers and duties of the Board generally .– It shall be the duty of the Board to \r\nensure that every committee deals with the property and income of the gurdwara or \r\ngurdwaras managed by it in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and for the fulfilment \r\nof this duty and subject to the provisions of, and in addition to the powers conferred upon the \r\nBoard by, this Act, the \r\n2\r\n[control, direction and] general superintendence over all committees \r\nappointed under the provisions of this Act shall vest in the Board. \r\n126. Restriction of powers of the Board .– The Board shall not in any manner interfere \r\nwith or have any control over or connection with any place of public worship in the Punjab \r\notherwise than as provided in this Act. \r\n127. Board may hold and administer Trusts .– It shall be competent for the Board to \r\nhold and administe r trust funds for purposes of a religious, charitable, \r\n3\r\n[educational or \r\nindustrial nature], whether such funds are derived from allotments duly made by a committee \r\nout of the surplus funds or income of a gurdwara under its management or from donations, \r\nor contributions or endowments made direct to the Board for such purposes. \r\n128. Control by Board over Executive Committees .– The Board in general meeting \r\nmay at any time call upon its executive committee to report upon any matter within the \r\njurisdiction of the Board and may require the executive committee to take any such action as \r\nlies under the provisions of this Act within the powers of the Board. \r\n129. What matters may be discussed by Board in general meeting.– The Board in any \r\nmeeting may consider and discuss any matter with which it has power under this Act to deal \r\nand any matter directly connected with the Sikh religion, but shall not consider or discuss, or \r\npass any resolution or order upon, any other matter. \r\n130. Settling of schemes of administration.– (1) When at any time the committee or the \r\nBoard is of opinion that for the proper administration of the property, endowments, funds and \r\nincome of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara a scheme should be settled, the Board and the \r\ncommittee shall consult together and if  they agree upon a scheme the scheme shall be \r\ndescribed in writing and the committee shall give effect thereto. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Omitted the words, brackets and figure  “of subsection (1)” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 41. \r\n2Inserted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 42. \r\n3Substituted for the words “or educational nature” by the Act ibid., s. 43. \r\n (2) If at such consultation the committee and the Board do not agree upon a \r\nscheme, the Committee or the Board may apply to the Commission, and  the Commission, \r\nafter hearing such members of the committee and of the Board respectively, as may be \r\ndeputed for this purpose by the committee and the Board respectively, and any such other \r\npersons as it may consider proper to hear, may itself settle such  scheme as it considers just \r\nand proper and pass an order giving effect thereto. \r\n (3) When at any time the committee and the Board, after consultation together, \r\nare of opinion that a scheme settled under the provisions of sub -section (1) or sub -section \r\n(2) should, in the interests of the proper administration of the property, endowments, funds \r\nand income of the gurdwara, be set aside or modified and the committee and the Board are \r\nin agreement in respect of the matter, the decision of the Board and the comm ittee shall be \r\nrecorded and effect thereto given by the committee. \r\n (4) If the committee or the Board is of opinion that in the interests of the proper \r\nadministration of the property endowments, funds or income of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara a \r\nscheme settled under the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) should be set aside \r\nor modified, and the Board and the committee are not in agreement upon the matter, the \r\ncommittee or Board may apply to the Commission to have the scheme set aside or modified \r\nas desired, and the Commission after hearing such members of the committee and of the \r\nBoard respectively as may be deputed for this purpose by the committee and the Board \r\nrespectively and any such other persons as it may consider proper to hear, may itself s et \r\naside or settle such scheme as it considers just and proper and pass an order giving effect \r\nthereto. \r\n131. Exclusion of Board acting as committee from operation of section 130 .– \r\nNothing contained in section 130 shall apply to the  committee constituted un der the \r\nprovisions \r\n1\r\n[* *] of section 85. \r\n132. Power of Board to make bye -laws.– (1) The Board may in general meeting make \r\nbye-laws, not inconsistent with this Act, regulating its procedure, and the fees to be levied \r\nunder the provisions of sub -section (8) of section 137, provided that the Board shall not, \r\nwithout the previous sanction of the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government], make any bye-law– \r\n(a) prescribing the form in which the budgets of the Board and of committees shall \r\nbe presented; \r\n(b) providing for the custo dy and investment of the funds of the Board and \r\nprescribing the procedure by which sanction of the Board may be accorded to \r\nthe deposits of surplus funds in specified banks; \r\n(c) prescribing the qualifications of candidates for membership of the Board and \r\ncommittees; \r\nand provided further that no bye -law falling within the purview of clause (c) shall \r\nimpose any disqualification upon a Sikh only because he is a Sahjdhari Sikh. \r\n (2) All bye-laws requiring the previous sanction of the \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government] \r\nunder the provisions of sub -section (1) shall when made be published in the \r\n4\r\n[Official \r\nGazette]. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Deleted the words, brackets and figure “of subsection (1)” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 44. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n3Ibid.  \r\n4Substituted for the word “Gazette” by the Order ibid. \r\nCHAPTER XI \r\nPowers and duties of committees \r\n133. General powers of committees.– Subject to the provisions of this Act, a committee \r\nshall have full powers of control over the office-holders and dependents of, and all properties \r\nand income of whatever description belonging to, the gurdwara or gurdwaras under its \r\nmanagement and of enforcing the proper observance of all ceremonies and religious \r\nobservances in connectio n with such gurdwara or gurdwaras and of taking all such \r\nmeasures as may be necessary to ensure the proper management of the gurdwara or \r\ngurdwaras and the efficient administration of the property, income and endowments thereof. \r\n134. Powers of committee to dismiss office-holders.– The committee may suspend or \r\ndismiss any office -holder, provided that it shall not dismiss a hereditary office -holder or a \r\nminister unless it finds that such office-holder or minister– \r\n(a) makes persistent default in the submission  of budgets, accounts, reports or \r\nreturns which it is his duty to submit, or \r\n(b) wilfully disobeys lawful orders issued by the committee, or \r\n(c) is guilty of any malfeasance, misfeasance, breach of trust or neglect of duty in \r\nrespect of a trust, or \r\n(d) has misappropriated or improperly dealt with, the properties of the gurdwara or \r\n(e) is of unsound mind or physically unfit to discharge the functions of his office, or \r\n(f) is guilty of misconduct of such a character as to render him morally unfit for his \r\noffice, or \r\n(g) fails persistently to perform his duties in connection with the management or \r\nperformance of public worship or the management or performance of any rituals \r\nand ceremonies in accordance with the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, or \r\n(h) has ceased to be a Sikh. \r\n1\r\n[Provided that nothing contained in the provisions of this section shall debar the \r\ncommittee from prescribing with the approval of the Board the maximum period of service or \r\nage limit for its employees, including the Ministers of the Gurd waras under its management. \r\nAfter the prescribed period of service or age limit, the employees, including the Ministers \r\nshall have to retire.] \r\n135. Procedure when hereditary office -holder or minister is dismissed .– (1) \r\nWhenever the dismissal of a hereditar y office-holder or of a minister is ordered, the order \r\nshall, except when it is based on facts or conclusions established at a judicial trial or when \r\nsuch office-holder or minister is absconding, be preceded by a recorded enquiry, and at such \r\nenquiry a definite charge in writing shall be framed in respect of each offence and explained \r\nto such office -holder or minister; the evidence in support of it and any evidence which he \r\nmay adduce in his defence shall be recorded in his presence and his defence shall be  taken \r\ndown in writing, and on each of the charges framed a finding shall be recorded. \r\n (2) A committee may suspend a hereditary office-holder or a minister pending an \r\nenquiry into the charges framed against him. \r\n (3) Any hereditary office -holder who has b een suspended or dismissed may \r\nwithin three months of the date of the order of suspension or dismissal, as the case may be, \r\nappeal either to the Board or to the Commission as he may elect: if he elects to appeal to the \r\n                                                           \r\n1Added by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nJanuary 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 45. \r\nBoard the order of the Board shall be  final, and if he elects to appeal to the Commission a \r\nfurther appeal shall lie to the High Court from the order of the Commission, provided that \r\nsuch appeal shall be made within ninety days of the date of the order. \r\n (4) Any minister other than a hereditary office-holder who has been suspended or \r\ndismissed may within ninety days of the date of the order of suspension or dismissal, as the \r\ncase may be, appeal to the Board and the order of the Board shall be final. \r\n (5) When no appeal is preferred against an order of a committee suspending or \r\ndismissing a hereditary office -holder or a minister, as the case may be, such order shall be \r\nfinal. \r\n (6) If in the opinion of the Board a hereditary office -holder or any minister of a \r\nNotified Sikh Gurdwara may be dismiss ed in accordance with the provisions of section 134, \r\nthe Board may move the committee of such gurdwara to dismiss him, and if the committee \r\ndoes not within one month of being so moved dismiss such office -holder or minister, the \r\nBoard may apply to the Commi ssion to order his removal, and if the Commission finds that \r\nsuch office-holder or minister may be so dismissed, it may order his dismissal. \r\n (7) When an application has been made to the Commission under the provisions \r\nof sub-section (6) the Commission may suspend from office, pending its decision, the person \r\nagainst whom the application has been made. \r\n (8) Any hereditary office-holder dismissed under the provisions of sub-section (6) \r\nmay, within ninety days of the date of the order of dismissal, appeal to the High Court. \r\n (9) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub -section (3) or sub -section (4), \r\nwhen the Board acting as a committee under the provisions \r\n1\r\n[* *] of section 85 orders the \r\nsuspension or dismissal of a hereditary office-holder, an appeal from such order shall lie only \r\nto the commission with a further appeal to the High Court as provided in sub-section (3), and \r\nwhen the Board acting as such committee orders the suspension or dismissal of a minister \r\nother than a hereditary office -holder the order of the Board shall be final; and nothing \r\ncontained in sub-section (6), (7) or (8) shall  be apply to the Board acting as such committee. \r\n136. Appointment of ministers and office -holders.– (1) If after the commencement of \r\nthis Act any vacancy occurs in an office connected with a Notified Sikh Gurdwara whether by \r\nreason of the death, dismissal or resignation of the office -holder or for any other reason, the \r\ncommittee of the gurdwara may appoint any person who in its opinion is qualified for the \r\noffice to fill the vacancy: provided that if the last holder of the office was a hereditary office -\r\nholder who had not before the vacancy occurred received compensation under the \r\nprovisions of section 20, and there is a presumptive successor of such last office-holder who \r\ndesires to be appointed and has not received compensation under the provisions of section \r\n20 the committee shall appoint such presumptive successor unless, in its opinion, he has not \r\nbeen properly ordained or his moral character is such as to render him unsuitable or his \r\neducation has not been sufficient to render him fit for appointment. \r\n (2) If any presumptive successor claims to be appointed to fill a vacancy in \r\naccordance with the provisions of sub -section (1) and the committee rejects his claim, he \r\nmay, unless the committee is the Board acting as a committee under the provisions \r\n2\r\n[* *] of \r\nsection 85, within thirty days of the date of such rejection, appeal to the Board and the \r\ndecisions of the Board shall be final. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Omitted the words, brackets and figure “of subsection (1)” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (A mendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 46. \r\n2Omitted the words, brackets and figure “of subsection (1)” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 47. \r\n137. Registers to be kept for gurdwa ras.– (1) The committee of every Notified Sikh \r\nGurdwara, shall, as soon as may be, prepare registers in which shall be entered– \r\n(a) the names of past and present ministers of the gurdwara so far as these are \r\nknown; \r\n(b) particulars of all immovable properties of the gurdwara, and the documents, if \r\nany, relating thereto;  \r\n(c) particulars of the scheme of administration, if any; \r\n(d) the names of all offices connected with the gurdwara to which any salary, \r\nemoluments or perquisite is attached and the nature, pe riod and conditions of \r\nservice in each case; \r\n(e) the jewels, gold, silver, precious stones, vessels and utensils and other \r\nmovable property belonging to the gurdwara with their estimated value; and  \r\n(f) such other particulars as the Board may direct. \r\n (2) The register shall be submitted through the committee to the Board within \r\nsuch period after the commencement of this Act as the Board may direct. \r\n (3) The Board, after checking them, may direct that the registers be corrected in \r\nsuch manner as appears to be necessary. \r\n (4) The registers as approved by the Board shall be kept by the committee of the \r\ngurdwara to which they relate, and copies thereof shall be kept by the Board. \r\n (5) The committee shall cause the entries in the registers to be scrutinised \r\nannually and shall submit to the Board for its approval a verified statement showing the \r\nalterations, omissions or additions required therein. \r\n (6) The Board may after checking the statement direct such alterations, \r\nomissions or additions to be made in the registers as it finds to be necessary. \r\n (7) A copy of every order passed under the provisions of sub -section (3) or sub -\r\nsection (6) shall be communicated to the committee and the committee shall carry out the \r\nalterations, omissions or additions ordered by the Board in the registers. \r\n (8) The president of the Board or any servant authorised by him on this behalf or \r\nthe president of the committee may grant copies of the registers or of any entries therein on \r\npayment of such fees as the Board may by bye -law prescribe; such copies shall be certified \r\nby the president of the Board or committee, as the case may be, in the manner provided in \r\nsection 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872\r\n1\r\n. \r\n (9) Nothing contained in sub -section (2), (3), (4), (6) or (7) or in sub -section (5) \r\nwith the exception of the provision for the annual scrutiny of entries in registers shall apply to \r\nthe committee constituted under the provisions \r\n2\r\n[* *] of section 85. \r\n138. Alienation of immovable Trust property .– \r\n3\r\n[No exchange, sale, mortgage or other \r\nalienation of immovable property belonging to a Notified Sikh Gurdwara shall be valid unless \r\nit is sanctioned by the committee of the Gurdwara and by the Board, provided that the \r\nsanction of the Board shall not be necessary in the case of a lease of any such property for a \r\nterm which does not exceed the remaining term of the existing committee by a period of \r\nmore than one year.] \r\n                                                           \r\n1Now Qanoon-e-Shahdat, 1984 (X of 1984). \r\n2Omitted the words, brackets and figure “of subsection (1)” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 48. \r\n3Subsituted by the Act ibid., s. 49. \r\n139. Power of committee to make regulations .– A committee of a Notified Sikh \r\nGurdwara may make regulations not inconsistent with th e provisions of this Act or with any \r\nrules or bye -laws made thereunder, to regulate its procedure, provided that without the \r\nprevious sanction of the Board no regulation shall be made– \r\n(i) authorising by name or office any person to receive, or sign acknow ledgements \r\nof the receipt of any money on behalf of the committee, or \r\n(ii) prescribing the form in which accounts, returns and reports relating to the \r\nmanagement of a gurdwara shall be maintained or submitted. \r\n140. Power of committee to make regulations re offerings at Sikh Gurdwaras .– (1) \r\nThe committee of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara may from time to time make regulations for the \r\npurpose of determining what portion of the offerings made at or in connection with such \r\ngurdwara shall be deemed to be the property o f the gurdwara and regulating the division of \r\nsuch offerings or any portion of them between the various office-holders of such gurdwara. \r\n (2) If no regulations have been made by a committee under the provisions of \r\nsub-section (1) all offerings made at, or in connection with, a Notified Sikh gurdwara shall be \r\ndeemed to be the property of such gurdwara. \r\nCHAPTER XII \r\nMiscellaneous \r\n141. Salaries of office -holders to be their property .– The salary and allowances of a \r\nminister or other office-holder of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara and any property acquired by him \r\nout of his salary and allowances shall be the property of such minister or office-holder. \r\n142. Right of interested persons to complain to commission in respect of \r\nmisfeasance, etc.– \r\n1\r\n[(1) Notwithstanding anyth ing contained in section 92 of the Code of \r\nCivil Procedure, 1908, or in the Specific Relief Act, 1877, any person having interest in a \r\nNotified Sikh Gurdwara may, without joining any of the other persons interested therein, \r\nmake an application to the Commi ssion, against the Board, the Executive Committee of the \r\nBoard, or the Committee, or local committee, or against any member or past member of the \r\nBoard, of the Executive Committee or of the Committee, or of the local Committee or against \r\nany office -holder or past officeholder of the Gurdwara or against any employee past or \r\npresent of the Board or Gurdwara in respect of any alleged malfeasance, misfeasance, \r\nbreach of trust, neglect of duty, abuse of powers conferred by this Act or any alleged \r\nexpenditure on a purpose not authorised by this Act and the Commission, if finds any such \r\nmalfeasance, misfeasance, breach of trust, neglect of duty, abuse of powers or expenditure \r\nproved, may consistently with the provisions of this Act and of any other law or enactment  in \r\nforce for the time being, direct any specific act to be done or forborne for the purpose of \r\nremedying the same and may award damages or costs against the person responsible for \r\nthe same, and may order the removal of any office -holder or member of the B oard, \r\nExecutive Committee or Committee or local Committee responsible for the same and may \r\nalso disqualify any member of the Board, Executive Committee, or Committee or local \r\nCommittee thus removed from such membership for a period not exceeding five years  from \r\nthe date of such removal.  \r\n (2) The Board may make a similar application to the Commission which may, in \r\nlike manner, dispose of it.  \r\n                                                           \r\n1Subsituted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 50.  \r\n (3) The Board or any person aggrieved by an order passed by the Commission \r\nunder the provisions of subsection (1) o r subsection (2) may, within ninety days of the \r\norders, appeal to the High Court.]  \r\n143. Notice of application to be given .– No application shall be made under the \r\nprovisions of section 142 against the Board or a committee until the expiry of two months \r\nafter notice in writing has been delivered to the Board or to the committee, as the case may \r\nbe, stating the cause of action, the name, description and place of residence of the applicant \r\nand the relief which he claims, and the application shall contain a st atement that such notice \r\nhas been delivered. \r\n144. Government not to interfere with gurdwaras except as provided by this Act or \r\nany other Act .– Save as provided in this or any other Act, it shall not be lawful for the \r\n1\r\n[Provicial Government] or for any exec utive officer of the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] in his \r\nofficial capacity to undertake or assume the superintendence of any land or other property \r\ngranted for the support of, or otherwise belonging to, any Notified Sikh Gurdwara, to take \r\nany part in the manag ement or appropriation of any endowment made for its maintenance, \r\nor to nominate or appoint any office -holder of, or be concerned in any way with such \r\ngurdwara. \r\n145. Act of Board or committee not to be invalidated by informality .– No act of the \r\nBoard, or i ts executive committee or of a committee shall be held invalid in any judicial \r\nproceeding on the ground of any defect in the constitution of the Board, executive committee \r\nor committee, as the case may be, or on account of any irregularity in the procedure  of the \r\nBoard, executive committee or committee, as the case may be, unless the defect or \r\nirregularity has occasioned a failure of justice. \r\n146. Power of \r\n3\r\n[Provincial Government ] to make rules .– (1) The \r\n4\r\n[Prvincial \r\nGovernment] may make rules\r\n5\r\n not inconsist ent with the Act to carry out all or any of the \r\npurposes of the Act. \r\n (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, \r\nthe \r\n6\r\n[Provincial Government] may make rules for– \r\n(i) the registration of electors; \r\n(ii) the nomination o f candidates, the times of elections to be held under the \r\nprovisions of this Act, the mode of recording and counting votes and the \r\ndeclaration of the results of such elections; \r\n(iii) the conduct of enquiries and the decision of disputes relative to elections; \r\n(iv) the definition of the practices at elections held under the provisions of this Act \r\nwhich are to be deemed to be corrupt; \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n2Ibid.  \r\n3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n4Ibid.  \r\n5For rules, see Home Department Notification No. 4289-S., dated 12th October, 1925, Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated October 16, \r\n1925, pp. 712-713, Notification No. 4290-S, dated 12th October, 1925, vide Gazette ibid., pp. 716-723, Notification No. 4291-S, \r\ndated 12th October, 1925, vide Gazette ibid., pp. 730-738, Notification No. 27176, dated 7th December, 1925, vide Gazette ibid., \r\ndated December 11, 1925, pp. 921-923, Notification No. 27342, dated 9th December, 1925, vide Gazette ibid., dated December \r\n11, 1925, pp. 924-925, Notification No. 4041-S, dated 2nd September, 1926, vide Gazette ibid., dated 1926, Extraordinary, p. 67 \r\nand Notification No. 3336, dated 28th September, 1926, vide Gazette ibid., dated October 1, 1926, p. 918.  \r\n6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n(v) the investigation of allegations of corrupt practices at such elections; \r\n(vi) making void the election of any person prove d to have been guilty of a corrupt \r\npractice or to have connived at or abetted the commission of a corrupt practice \r\nor whose agent has been so proved guilty, or the result of whose election has \r\nbeen materially affected by the breach of any law or rule for t he time being in \r\nforce; \r\n(vii) rendering incapable of office, either permanently or for a term of years, any \r\nperson who may have been proved guilty as aforesaid of a corrupt practice or of \r\nconniving at or abetting the same; \r\n(viii) prescribing the authority by which questions relating to the matters referred to in \r\nclause (i), (ii), (iii), (v), (vi) or (vii) shall be determined; \r\n(ix) the method by which the income of a gurdwara shall be calculated for the \r\npurpose of fixing the annual contribution described in section 107; and \r\n(x) the authority to whom, and the manner in which petitions, applications and records \r\nof suits or proceedings which may or should under the provisions of this Act be \r\npresented, made or forwarded, as the case may be, to a tribunal or to th e \r\nCommission, as the case may be, are to be presented, made or forwarded when a \r\ntribunal or the Commission has not been constituted or is not sitting. \r\n147. Powers of the  \r\n1\r\n[Provincial Government] to invest with judicial powers officers \r\nappointed to enquire into conduct of elections.– The \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government] may invest \r\nany person or persons authorised by it to hold an enquiry into the conduct of, or into \r\nallegations of corrupt practices at, an election held under the provisions of this Act, with all or \r\nany of the powers conferred upon commissioners appointed to hold an inquiry into an election \r\nby the provisions of Part II of the Indian Election Offences and Inquiries Act, 1920\r\n3\r\n, and may \r\nprescribe the procedure to be followed, and provide for the execution of any order as to costs \r\npassed by such person or persons in such inquiry. \r\n148. Language of the Commission.– The language of the Commission shall be such as \r\nthe Commission may from time to time determine. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations.  \r\n2Ibid.  \r\n3Now the Election Offences and Inquries Act, 1920. \r\nSCHEDULE I \r\n[see sections 3 and 89] \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n1 Lahore Lahore Lahore City Janam Asthan \r\nGuru Ram Das \r\nJi  \r\nAs prescribed in \r\nsection 85. \r\n2 “ “ “ Dera Sahib  Ditto. \r\n3 “ “ “ Baoli Sahib  Ditto. \r\n4 “ “ “ Lal Khuhi  Ditto. \r\n5 “ “ “ Paihli Padshahi  Ditto. \r\n6 “ “ “ Chhevin \r\nPadshahi  \r\nDitto. \r\n7 “ “ “ Shahid Ganj \r\nBhai Taru Singh  \r\nDitto. \r\n8 “ “ “ Shahid Ganj \r\nBhai Mani Singh  \r\nDitto. \r\n9 “ “ “ Diwan Khana \r\n(excluding \r\nshrine of Lali \r\nDevi). \r\nDitto. \r\n10 “ “ “ Budhuda Awa Ditto. \r\n11 “ “ Muzang Chhevin \r\nPadshahi \r\nDitto. \r\n12 “ “ Hudiara Hudiara \r\n1\r\n[(Gurdawara \r\nChhevin \r\nPadshahi)]  \r\nZail Jahman. \r\n13 “ “ Padhana Padhana \r\n2\r\n[(Gurdawara \r\nChhevin \r\nPadshahi)] \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Padhana. \r\n14 “ “ Dhilwan Dhilwan \r\n3\r\n[(Gurdawara \r\nChhevin \r\nPadshahi)]  \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Dhilwan. \r\n15 “ “ Ghawindi Ghawindi Revenue estates \r\nof Ghawind and \r\nGhawindi. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, \r\n1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (1) of s. 3.  \r\n2Ibid.  \r\n3Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, \r\n1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (3) of s. 3.  \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n16 “ “ Kamas Kamas Zails of \r\nRangilpur, \r\nJodhdhir and \r\nBadoke. \r\n17 “ “ 1\r\n[Dera Chahil] \r\n2\r\n[Chahil \r\n(Gurdawara \r\nPaihli \r\nPadshahi)]  \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof \r\n3\r\n[Dera Chahi l] \r\nand Kurbath. \r\n18 “ 4\r\n[Chunian] Kanganpur Kanganpur \r\n5\r\n[(Gurdawara \r\nPaihli \r\nPadshahi)] \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Kanganpur. \r\n19 “ “ Manga Manga \r\n6\r\n[(Gurdawara \r\nPaihli \r\nPadshahi)] \r\nZails of \r\nRangilpur, \r\nJodhdhir and \r\nBaddoke. \r\n20 “ “ Guru Mangat \r\n7\r\n[Kohna] \r\nGuru Mangat \r\n8\r\n[(Gurdawara \r\nChhevin \r\nPadshahi)] \r\nRevenue \r\n9\r\n[estates of Guru \r\nMangat Kohna, \r\nIchchra and \r\nLahore \r\nCantonment]  \r\n21 “ “ Amar Sidhu Amar Sidhu \r\n10\r\n[(Gurdawara \r\nChhevin \r\nPadshahi)]  \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Amar Sidhu. \r\n22 “ “ Kahna Kahna Zail of Kahna. \r\n23 “ Kasur Rattoki 11\r\n[Gurdawara \r\nBaba Bir Singh] \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof Rattoki, \r\nGujjal, Asal, \r\nUttar and \r\nWaltoha. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the word “Chaihal” by the Act ibid., sub-section (4) of s. 3.  \r\n2Ibid.  \r\n3Ibid.  \r\n4Substituted for the word “Lahore” by the Act ibid., sub-section (5) of s. 3.  \r\n5Inserted by the Act ibid.  \r\n6Ibid., sub-section (6) of s. 3.  \r\n7Ibid., sub-section (7) of s. 3.  \r\n8Ibid.  \r\n9Substituted for the words “estate of Mangat” by the Act ibid. \r\n10Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, \r\n1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (8) of s. 3.  \r\n11Substituted for the word “Rattoki” by the Act ibid., sub-section (9) of s. 3.  \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n24 “ Chunian 1\r\n[Jambar] Kalan \r\n2\r\n[Gurdawara \r\nPanjam \r\nPadshahi] \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof \r\n3\r\n[Jambar] \r\nKalan, Jambhar \r\nKhurd and \r\nKhanki Maur. \r\n25 “ “ Bhai Pheru Bhai Pheru \r\n4\r\n[(Gurdawara \r\nSangat Sahib)] \r\nTahsil of \r\nChunian. \r\n26 Amritsar Amritsar Amritsar City Sri Harmandir \r\nSahib (Darbar \r\nSahib) \r\nAs prescribed in \r\nsection 85. \r\n27 “ “ “ Akal Takht \r\nSahib \r\n5\r\n[(Akal \r\nBunga)] \r\nDitto. \r\n28 “ “ “ Baba Atal Sahib Ditto. \r\n29 “ “ “ Kaulsar and Mai \r\nKaulan da \r\nAsthan \r\nDitto. \r\n30 “ “ “ Ram Sar \r\n6\r\n[Manji \r\nSahib] \r\nDitto. \r\n31 “ “ “ Bibeksar Ditto. \r\n32 “ “ “ Tahli Sahib with \r\nSantokh Sar \r\nDitto. \r\n33 “ “ “ Churasti Atari Ditto. \r\n34 “ “ “ Guru ke Maihl Ditto. \r\n35 “ “ “ Lohgarh Ditto. \r\n36 “ “ “ Thara Sahib Ditto. \r\n37 “ “ “ Pipli Sahib Ditto. \r\n38 Amritsar Amritsar Amritsar City Chhawani \r\nNahangan \r\n7\r\n[(Angitha Guru \r\nNaina Singh)] \r\nAs prescribed in \r\nsection 85. \r\n39 “ “ ” Shahid Ganj \r\nBaba Dip Singh \r\nJi \r\nDitto. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the word “Jhambar” by the Act ibid., sub-section (10) of s. 3.  \r\n2Substituted for the words “Jhambar Kalan” by the Act ibid.  \r\n3Substituted for the word “Jhambar” by the Act ibid.  \r\n4Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (11) of s. 3.  \r\n5Ibid., sub-section (12) of s. 3.  \r\n6Ibid., sub-section (13) of s. 3.  \r\n7Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, \r\n1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (14) of s. 3.  \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n40 “ “ Chabba Sangrana Sahib Revenue estate \r\nof Chabba. \r\n41 “ “ 1\r\n[Wallah] Walla Sahib Zail of Verka \r\n(excluding \r\nAmritsar \r\nMunicipal area). \r\n42 “ “ Baba Bakala Baba Bakala The police \r\nstation area of \r\nBeas. \r\n43 “ “ Chabba Chabba Revenue estate \r\nof Chabba. \r\n44 “ “ Wadali Guru 2\r\n[Damdama \r\nSahib] \r\nZail of Chabba. \r\n45 “ “ Ditto. Chheharta \r\nSahib \r\nDitto. \r\n46 “ “ Mian Randhawa Udoke Revenue estate \r\nof Udoke and \r\nmian Randhawa. \r\n47 “ “ Sultanwind Damdama \r\nSahib \r\nRevenue Estate \r\nof Sultanwind. \r\n48 “ “ Verka Nanak Sar Revenue estate \r\nof Verka. \r\n49 “ Tarn Taran Khara Dukh Niwaran Revenue estates \r\nof Thathi and \r\nKhara. \r\n50 “ “ Tarn Taran Sri Darbar \r\nSahib \r\nAs prescribed in \r\nsection 85. \r\n51 “ “ Naurangabad Gurdwara Baba \r\n3\r\n[Wir] Singh Ji \r\nZail of Rasulpur. \r\n52 “ “ Khadur Sahib Sri Darbar \r\nSahib Khadur \r\nSahib \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Khadur Sahib. \r\n53 “ “ Goindwal Baoli Sahib Revenue estate \r\nof Goindwal. \r\n54 “ “ Chabhal Kalan Bibi Wiro Ji da \r\nAsthan \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Chabhal \r\nKalan. \r\n55 “ “ 4\r\n[Khan Chhabri] Chhabri Sahib Revenue estates \r\nof Khan Chhabri, \r\nJama Rai and \r\nFatehabad. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the word “Chabba” by the Act ibid., sub-section (15) of s. 3.  \r\n2Substituted for the word “Guru-ki-Wadali” by the Act ibid., sub-section (16) of s. 3.  \r\n3Substituted for the word “Bir” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, \r\nPart I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (17) of s. 3.  \r\n4Substituted for the word “Chhabri” by the Act ibid., sub-section (18) of s. 3.  \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n56 “ “ Sarhali Kalan Chobacha \r\nSahib \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Sarhali Kalan. \r\n57 “ “ Chohla Chohla Sahib Police Station \r\narea of Sarhali. \r\n58 “ “ Basarke Basarke Zail of Kasel. \r\n59 “ “ Gaggo Buha Gaggo Buha Revenue estate \r\nof Gaggo Buha. \r\n60 “ “ Hoshiarnagar Guru Sar \r\nSatlani \r\nZails of Chicha, \r\nGumtala, Attari, \r\n1\r\n[Chabba] and \r\nKasel. \r\n61 “ “ Thatha Bir Sahib Zail of Panjwar. \r\n62 “ “ Lohar Dera Sahib Revenue estate \r\nof Lohar and \r\nJamrai. \r\n63 “ Ajnala Ghokewali Guru-ka-Bagh Tahsil Ajnala. \r\n64 “ “ Dalla Dalla-Kiralgarh Zail of \r\nChawinda. \r\n65 “ “ 2\r\n[**] Barar \r\n3\r\n[Barar Madoke] Revenue Estate \r\nof \r\n4\r\n[Madoke] and \r\nBara. \r\n66 “ “ Ram Das Ram Das Police station \r\nareas of Ram \r\nDas and Ajnala. \r\n67 “ “ Jandiala Maihl Jandiala Revenue estate \r\nof \r\n5\r\n[Kandowali, \r\nSakhtonangal \r\nPthan-nangal \r\nand Chetanpura]  \r\n68 Gurdaspur Batala Batala Dera Sahib Zail of Batala. \r\n69 Gurdaspur Batala 6\r\n[Salho Chahal] Achal Sahib \r\nGurdwara \r\n(excluding \r\nShiwala Talab \r\nKalan and \r\nShiwala \r\nBhandarian). \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof \r\n7\r\n[Salho \r\nChahal] Chahal, \r\nBatala and \r\nMisarpur. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the word “Chabha” by the Act ibid., sub-section (19) of s. 3.  \r\n2Omitted the words “Madhoke and” by the Sikh Gu rdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (20) of s. 3. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Madoki Barar” by the Act ibid.  \r\n4Substituted for the word “Madoki” by the Act ibid.  \r\n5Substituted for the word “Jandiala” by the Act ibid., sub-section (21) of s. 3.  \r\n6Substituted for the word “Chahal” by the Act ibid., sub-section (22) of s. 3. \r\n7Inserted by the Act ibid. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n70 “ “ 1\r\n[Pakhoke Dera \r\nNanak]. \r\nDarbar Sahib, \r\nDera Baba \r\nNanak \r\nTehsil of Batala. \r\n71 “ “ 2\r\n[Talwara] Damdama \r\nSahib \r\n3\r\n[Police Station \r\nof Srigobindpur]. \r\n72 “ “ 4\r\n[Pakhoke, Dera \r\nNanak] \r\nChola Sahib \r\n(including \r\nLangar Mandar \r\nChola Sahib) \r\nZail of \r\nSinghpura. \r\n73 “ “ Teja \r\n5\r\n[kalan] Teja Tahsil of Batala. \r\n74 “ “ Othian Othian Zails of Bhular, \r\nDholpur and \r\nMarar. \r\n75 “ Gurdaspur Fateh Nangal Burj Sahib Revenue estates \r\nof Fateh Nangal, \r\nRania and \r\nDhariwal (mills). \r\n76 “ “ Gurdaspur Jhulna Mahal Revenue estates \r\nof Gurdaspur, \r\nShahzada \r\nNangal and Kotli \r\nNangal. \r\n77 “ “ Dhariwal Gurdwara \r\nDhariwal \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof Gurdas  \r\nNangal, \r\nJapuwal, Sohal \r\nand Dhariwal. \r\n78 “ “ Bhumbli Bhumbli Revenue estates \r\nof Bhumbli, \r\nAlawalpur and \r\nBabri Nangal. \r\n79 “ Shakargarh Kot Naina Darbar Kot \r\nNaina \r\nZails of Sujawal \r\nand Kot Bachna. \r\n80 “ “ Doda Kartarpur Sahib Tahsils of \r\nBatala, \r\nGurdaspur, \r\nShakargarh and \r\nNarowal. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Pakhoke, Dera Baba Nanak” by the Act ibid., sub-section (23) of s. 3. \r\n2Substituted for the word “Srigobindpur” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (25) of s. 3. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Revenue estate” by the Act ibid., sub-section (24) of s. 3. \r\n4Substituted for the words “Pakhoke, Dera Baba Nanak” by the Act ibid., sub-section (26) of s. 3. \r\n5Substituted for the word “Khurd” by the Act ibid., sub-section (27) of s. 3. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n81 “ Pathankot Bharat Lahri Darbar Sahib \r\nBharat \r\nTahsil of \r\nPathankot. \r\n82 Sialkot Sialkot Sialkot City Babe-de-Ber Tahsil of Sialkot. \r\n83 “ “ “ Shahid Bunga  Ditto. \r\n84 “ “ “ Baoli Sahib 1\r\n[Tehsil of \r\nSialkot] \r\n85 “ “ Salehpur Tahli Sahib \r\n2\r\n[(Guru Sar)]  \r\n3\r\n[Tehsil of \r\nSialkot]  \r\n86 “ Daska Sahowala Gurdwara \r\nNanaksar \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Sahowwala. \r\n87 “ “ Galotian Khurd Darbar Sahib \r\nGuru Har Rai \r\nSahib \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof Galotian \r\nKhurd and \r\nSabho Sarai. \r\n88 “ “ Sihoke Gurdwara \r\nNankana Sahib \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Sihoke. \r\n89 “ Narowal Nunar Nunar Zails of \r\nDhamthal and \r\nBaiolpur. \r\n90 Gujranwala Gujranwala Eminabad Rohri Sahib Tahsil of \r\nGujranwala. \r\n91 “ “ “ Chakki Sahib \r\n4\r\n[(Dharmsala \r\nSangalwali alias \r\nKundewali)]   \r\nTahsil of \r\nGujranwala. \r\n92 “ “ Chak Ram Das Dera Baba \r\nParana \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Chak Ram \r\nDas. \r\n93 “ “ Mattu Bhaike Gurdwara Mattu \r\nBhaike \r\n5\r\n[(Gurdwara \r\nChhevin \r\nPadshahi)]  \r\nPolice Station \r\narea of \r\nNaushera \r\nVirkan. \r\n94 “ Wazirabad Wazirabad Guru Kotha Police station \r\nareas of Sadar \r\nWazirabad and \r\nCity Wazirabad. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Municipal area of Sialkot” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published \r\nin the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (28) of s. 3. \r\n2Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (29) of s. 3. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Revenue estate of Salehpur” by the Act ibid. \r\n4Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (30) of s. 3. \r\n5Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, \r\n1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (31) of s. 3. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n95 “ “ “ Dharmsala Bhai \r\nAbnasha Singh \r\nTahsil of \r\nWazirabad. \r\n96 “ Hafizabad Bache Nau Bache Nau Tahsil of \r\nHafizabad. \r\n97 “ “ Hafizabad Chhevin \r\nPadshahi \r\nDitto. \r\n98 Sheikhupura Sheikhupura Chuhar Kana Sacha Sauda \r\n(or Khara \r\nSauda) \r\nTahsils of \r\nSheikhupura and \r\nNankana Sahib. \r\n99 “ Shahdara Nangal Sadhan Nangal Sadhan Zails of Kot Pindi \r\nDas, Moridke \r\nand Nat. \r\n100 “ “ Nankana Sahib Janam Asthan As prescribed in \r\nsection 85. \r\n101 “ “ “ Gurdwara Bal \r\nLila \r\nDitto. \r\n102 “ “ “ Kiara Sahib Ditto. \r\n103 “ “ “ Mal Ji Sahib Ditto. \r\n104 “ “ “ Chhevin \r\nPadshahi \r\nDitto. \r\n105 “ “ “ Tambu Sahib Ditto. \r\n106 “ “ Haft Madar Gurdwara Haft \r\nMadar \r\nZail of Kila \r\nDharm Singh. \r\n107 Gujrat Gujrat Gujrat Chhevin \r\nPadshahi \r\nTahsil of Gujrat. \r\n108 “ Phalia Mangat Bhai Bano Ji Tahsil of Phalia. \r\n109 “ “ Ker Bawa Ker Bawawali Ditto. \r\n110 Attock Attock Hassan Abdal Panjah Sahib As prescribed in \r\nsection 85. \r\n111 Jhelum Jhelum Rakh Rohtas Choha Sahib Tahsil of \r\nJhelum. \r\n112 Shahpur Sargodha 1[Mansehra \r\nChak 127, S.B.] \r\nGuru Sar Revenue estates \r\nof 2[Mansehra \r\nChak 127, S.B.], \r\nChak 128, Chak \r\n131, Chak 129, \r\nS.B. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Chak 127 -S.B.” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (32) of s. 3. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Chak 127” by the Act ibid. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n113 Montgomery Montgomery Chak 103, 7-R Nanak Sar (or \r\nDera Baba \r\nNanak) \r\nPolice station \r\narea of Harappa. \r\n114 - - Kamalia Prem Sati Police station \r\n1[areas of \r\nKamalia and \r\nKassowal]   \r\n115 - Pakpattan Nanaksar Nankana Sahib Zails of \r\n2[Pakpattan], \r\nKumariwala and \r\nMalekataru. \r\n116 -\r\n Dipalpur Dipalpur Gurdwara Paihli \r\nPadshahi \r\nZails of Dipalpur \r\nand Mancheris. \r\n117 -\r\n Okara Nankana Jagir Nankana Sahib Zails of \r\n3[Kamman and \r\nMopalke] \r\n118 Hoshiarpur Una Anandpur Sri Takht \r\nKesgarh Sahib \r\nAs Prescribed in \r\nsection 85. \r\n119 “ “ 4\r\n[Anandpur] Taragrah The same as \r\nprescribed for \r\nNo.120. \r\n120 “ “ Anandpur Navin Padshahi \r\nGuru Tegh \r\nBahadur \r\nAs prescribed in \r\nsection 85. \r\n121 “ “ “ Bohra Sahib Ditto. \r\n122 “ “ “ Damdama \r\nSahib \r\nDitto. \r\n123 “ “ 5\r\n[Lodhpur] Qila Anandgarh \r\nSahib \r\nDitto. \r\n124 “ “ 6\r\n[\r\n7\r\n[Bhatoli]] Charan Kanwal Ditto. \r\n125 “ “ Lodhipur Lohgarh The same as \r\nprescribed for \r\nNo.120. \r\n126 “ “ Basali \r\n8\r\n[Nurpur] Basali Ditto. \r\n127 “ “ 9\r\n[Anandpur] Holgarh Ditto. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “area of Kmalia” by the Act ibid., sub-section (33) of s. 3. \r\n2Substituted for the word “Pattan” by the Act ibid., sub-section (34) of s. 3. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Kamas and Satgarhe” by the Act ibid., sub-section (35) of s. 3. \r\n4Substituted for the word “Tarapur” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (36) of s. 3. \r\n5Substituted for the word “Anandpur” by the Act ibid., sub-section (37) of s. 3. \r\n6Ibid., sub-section (38) of s. 3. \r\n7Sustitued for the word “Kiratpu” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930) vide Notification No. 116, dated 8th \r\nOctober 1930, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated October 10, 1930, pp. 107-108, s. 10.  \r\n8Inserted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, \r\n1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (39) of s. 3. \r\n9Substituted for the word “Chak” by the Act ibid., sub-section (40) of s. 3. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n128 “ “ Agampur Mata \r\n1\r\n[Jito] Ji Ditto. \r\n129 “ “ Kiratpur Baba Gurditta Ji Ditto. \r\n130 “ “ “ Shish Mahal Ditto. \r\n131 “ “ “ Takhat Sahib Ditto. \r\n132 “ “ “ Manji Sahib Ditto. \r\n133 “ “ “ Hari Mandir \r\nSahib \r\nDitto. \r\n134 “ “ “ Patalpuri Ditto. \r\n135 “ “ “ Babangarh Ditto. \r\n136 “ “ Bhabaur Bhabaur Ditto. \r\n137 “ “ Bathu Gurplah Ditto. \r\n138 “ “ Kalmot Kalmot Ditto. \r\n139 “ “ Chandpur Chandpur Ditto. \r\n140 “ “ Jandbari Jandbari Ditto. \r\n141 “ Dasuya Bodal Gurna Sahib Police Station \r\nareas of Dasuya \r\nand Tanda. \r\n142 “ Hoshiarpur 2\r\n[Lehli Kalan] Jand Sahib Revenue estate \r\nof Lehli  \r\n3\r\n[Kalan] \r\n143 “ “ Bajraur Harian Welan Zail of  \r\n4\r\n[Saido Patti]. \r\n144 “ “ Bhungarni Bhungarni  Revenue estate \r\nof Bhungarni. \r\n145 Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur Purhiran Zahira Zahur Revenue estates \r\nof Purhiran \r\nKhawaspur \r\n(Piplanwala), \r\nDhakkowal, \r\nHoshiarpur and \r\nBilaspur. \r\n146 “ Garhshankar Gondpur Tahli Sahib Revenue estates \r\nof Gondpur, \r\nSarhala Khurd, \r\nNangal \r\n5\r\n[,] Kalan \r\n6\r\n[Daduwal and \r\nKhera]. \r\n147 Jullundur Phillaur 7\r\n[Mau] \r\n1\r\n[Mau] Zails of Mianwal \r\nand Phillaur. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the word “Jita” by the Act ibid., sub-section (41) of s. 3. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Waddi Lehli” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), publi shed in the Punjab \r\nGazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (42) of s. 3. \r\n3Inserted by the Act ibid. \r\n4Substituted for the words “Pandori Bibi” by the Act ibid., sub-section (43) of s. 3. \r\n5Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (44 ) of s. 3.   \r\n6Substituted for the words “and Daduwal Khera” by the Act ibid.   \r\n7Substituted for the word “Man” by the Act ibid., sub-section (45) of s. 3.   \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n148 “ Nawashahr Pharala Gurdwara Guru \r\nHar Rai Sahib \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Pharala. \r\n149 “ “ Chak Guru Gur Palah Revenue estate \r\nof Chak Guru. \r\n150 “ “ Hakimpur Nanaksar Revenue estate \r\nof Hakimpur. \r\n151 “ “ Jindwal Charan Kanwal Revenue estates \r\nof Banga, \r\nJindwal and \r\nSotran. \r\n152 “ “ Sotran 2\r\n[Gurplah] Ditto. \r\n153 “ “ Durgapur 3\r\n[Gurdawara \r\nGuru Har \r\nGobind] \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof Durgapur. \r\n154 Ludhiana Ludhiana Gujarwal Manji Sahib Police station \r\narea of Dehlon. \r\n155 “ “ “ Guru Granth \r\nSahib \r\nDitto. \r\n156 “ “ Alamgir Gurdwara \r\nAlamgir \r\n4\r\n[(Manji \r\nSahib)]  \r\nZail of Dhandari. \r\n157 “ “ Kanech 5\r\n[Gurdwara \r\nManji Sahib] \r\nZail of \r\nSahnewal. \r\n158 “ Samrala Machhiwara 6\r\n[Charan \r\nKanwal] \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof Machhiwara \r\nand Lidheran. \r\n159 “ Jagraon Mohi Mohi Zail of Mohi. \r\n160 “ “ Silowani 7\r\n[Gurdwara \r\nSilowani] \r\nZail of Raikot. \r\n161 “ “ Raikot Tahliana Sahib Zail of Raikot \r\nand Basian. \r\n162 “ Samrala Chuharpur Jhar Sahib Police station \r\narea of \r\nMachhiwara. \r\n                                                                                                                                                                                     \r\n1Ibid. \r\n2Substituted for the word “Sotran” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), p ublished in the Punjab \r\nGazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (46) of s. 3. \r\n3Substituted for the word “Durgapur” by the Act ibid., sub-section (47) of s. 3. \r\n4Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (48) of s. 3. \r\n5Substituted for the word “Kenech” by the Act ibid., sub-section (49) of s. 3. \r\n6Substituted for the words “Kanwal Sahib” by the Act ibid., sub-section (50) of s. 3. \r\n7Substituted for the words “Guru Govind Singh Sahib” by the Act ibid., sub-section (51) of s. 3. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n163 “ Jagraon Sidhwan Kalan Sri Guru \r\n1\r\n[Hargobind] \r\nSingh \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof \r\n2\r\n[*] Sidhwan \r\nKalan and \r\n3\r\n[Sidhwan \r\nKhurd]. \r\n164 “ “ Sadhar 4\r\n[Gurdwara Sri \r\nGuru Hargobind \r\nand Guru Sar \r\nChhevin \r\nPadshahi] \r\nZail of Akalgarh. \r\n165 “ “ Lama Jatpura 5\r\n[Gurdwara \r\nGuru Sar] \r\nTahsil of \r\nJagraon. \r\n166 “ “ Chakar Guru Sar Zail of Mallah. \r\n167 “ “ Kaonke Kalan Ditto. Zail of Kaonke. \r\n168 “ “ Hehran Hehran Ludhiana \r\nDistrict. \r\n169 Ferozepore Ferozepore Bazidpur Guru Sar \r\nBazidpur \r\nMunicipal area \r\nof Ferozepore \r\nand revenue \r\nestates of \r\nBazidpur, Badni \r\nGulab Singh, \r\nBangar, Shakur, \r\nRatti Khera and \r\nDhindsa. \r\n170 “ “ 6\r\n[Chak Fateh \r\nSinghwala] \r\nGurdwara Guru \r\nGobind Singh \r\nRevenue \r\nEstates of \r\n7\r\n[Chak Fateh \r\nSinghwala], \r\nChak Ram \r\nSingh and Chak \r\nBakhtu. \r\n171 “ “ Nathana Guru Sar \r\n8\r\n[Nathana]   \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Nathana. \r\n172 “ “ Mehraj Guru Sar \r\n9\r\n[Mehraj] \r\nPolice station \r\narea of Nathana. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Gobind Singh” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (52) of s. 3. \r\n2Omitted the words “Sdhwan Bet” by the Act ibid.   \r\n3Substituted for the word “Jandi” by the Act ibid. \r\n4Substituted for the words “Sri Gobind Singh and Chhevin Padshahi” by the Act ibid., sub-section (53) of s. 3. \r\n5Substituted for the words “Lama Jatpura” by the Act ibid., sub-section (54) of s. 3. \r\n6Substituted for the word s “Chak Fateh Singh” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act,1926 (IV of 1926), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (55) of s. 3. \r\n7Ibid. \r\n8Inserted by the Act ibid., sub-section (56) of s. 3.  \r\n9Ibid., sub-section (57) of s. 3. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n173 “ Moga Daroli Bhai Dhera Daroli \r\nBhai \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Daroli Bhai. \r\n174 Ferozepore Moga Lopon Guru Sar  Revenue estate \r\nof Lopon. \r\n175 “ “ Madoke 1\r\n[Guru Sar \r\nMadoke] \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Madoke. \r\n176 “ “ Wada Ghar Chhevin \r\nPadshahi \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Wada Ghar \r\nand Chhota \r\nGhar. \r\n177 “ “ Takhtupura \r\n2\r\n[*] \r\n3\r\n[Nanaksar] Police station \r\narea of Nihal \r\nSinghwala. \r\n178 “ “ 4\r\n[Madya] Pakka Sahib Revenue estate \r\nof \r\n5\r\n[Madya] \r\n179 “ “ Dina Lohgar Sahib Tahsil of Moga. \r\n180 “ “ Patto Hira Singh Guru Sar  Revenue estate \r\nof Patto Hira \r\nSingh. \r\n181 “ “ Salina Ditto. Revenue estate \r\nof Salina. \r\n182 “ “ Dagroo Tamboo Mal Revenue estate \r\nof Dagroo. \r\n183 “ “ Mehron Mehron Revenue estate \r\nof Mehron. \r\n184 “ “ Banbiha Bhai Nanak Sar Revenue estate \r\nof Banbiha Bhai. \r\n185 “ “ Wandar Guru Gobind \r\nSingh \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Wandar. \r\n186 “ “ Smadh Bhai Gurdwara Guru \r\nGranth Sahib, \r\nMohtamim \r\nPrem Das. \r\nPolice station \r\narea of Bagha \r\nPurana. \r\n187 “ “ Mari Mustafa Mari Mustafa Revenue estate \r\nof Mari Mustafa. \r\n188 “ Muktsar Muktsar Darbar Sahib As prescribed in \r\nsection 85. \r\n189 “ “ “ Tamboo Sahib Ditto. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the word “Madoke” by the Act ibid., sub-section (58) of s. 3.  \r\n2Omitted the words “and Takhtpura Nanaksar” by the Act ibid., sub-section (59) of s. 3. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Gurdwara Daswin Padshahi” by the Act ibid.  \r\n4Substituted for the word “Mahdevki” by the Act ibid., sub-section (60) of s. 3.  \r\n5Ibid. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n190 “ “ “ Shahid Ganj Ditto. \r\n191 “ “ “ Tibbi Sahib Ditto. \r\n192 “ “ Sarai Nanga Pahli Padshahi \r\nand Dusri \r\nPadshahi \r\n1\r\n[District of \r\nFerozepore] \r\n193 “ “ Rupana Guru Sar Revenue estates \r\nof Rupana. \r\n194 “ “ Guru Sar Ditto. Revenue estate \r\nof Guru Sar. \r\n195 “ “ Thehari Guru Gobind \r\nSingh \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Thehari. \r\n196 “ “ Chhatiana Guptsar and \r\nSahib Chand \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof Chhatiana \r\nand Sahib \r\nChand. \r\n197 “ Zira Khosa Kotla Guru Sar Revenue estates \r\nof Khosa Kotla, \r\n2\r\n[Khosa Randhir] \r\nand Khosa \r\nPando. \r\n198 “ “ 3\r\n[Sunehr] Ditto. Revenue estate \r\nof \r\n4\r\n[Sunehr] \r\n199 “ “ Thatha Chhevin \r\nPadshahi \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Thatha. \r\n200 Rawalpindi Gujar khan Narali Ditto. Revenue estate \r\nof Narali. \r\n201 Hissar Sirsa Sirsa Gurdwara Guru \r\nGobind Singh \r\nTahsil of Sirsa. \r\n202 ” ” Dabwali Guruasthan \r\nDabwali \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Dabwali. \r\n203 ” ” Kewal Kewal Revenue estate \r\nof Kewal. \r\n204 ” Fatehabad Ratia Ratia Police station \r\narea of Ratia. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Zail of Varing” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (61) of s. 3. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Khos, Randhir” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (62) of s. 3. \r\n3Substituted for the word “Saneri” by the Act ibid., sub-section (63) of s. 3. \r\n4Ibid. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n205 Rohtak Rohtak Rohtak Bangla Sahib \r\n(excluding \r\ntemples of \r\ngoddess Sitla \r\nand Manji \r\nSahib). \r\nTahsil of Rohtak. \r\n206 ” Gohana Lakhan Mazra Manji Sahib Tahsils of \r\nRohtak and \r\nGohana. \r\n207 Karnal Karnal Karnal Manji Sahib District of \r\nKarnal. \r\n208 ” Thanesar Thanesar Sidh Batti Ditto. \r\n209 ” ” ” Chhevin \r\nPadshahi \r\nDitto. \r\n210 ” ” 1\r\n[Bhari] Navin Padshahi Ditto. \r\n211 ” ” ” Satvin Padshahi Ditto. \r\n212 ” ” ” Dasvin \r\nPadshahi \r\nDitto. \r\n213 ” ” ” Kurchhetar Ditto. \r\n214 ” ” 2\r\n[Bani and \r\nBadarpur] \r\nGuru Tegh \r\nBahadur \r\nTehsil of \r\nThanesar. \r\n215 Ambala Ambala Ambala City Sis Ganj Ambala \r\nmunicipal area. \r\n216 ” ” ” Dasvin \r\nPadshahi \r\nLabhuwala \r\nDitto. \r\n217 ” ” ” Dasvin \r\nPadshahi \r\nDitto. \r\n218 ” ” 3\r\n[Khurrampur \r\nMajri] \r\nManji Sahib Ditto. \r\n219 ” ” - Mohalla Mehr \r\nDhumin \r\nDitto. \r\n220 ” ” Panjokhra Guru Har \r\nKishan Sahib \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof Panjokhra, \r\nBarnala, \r\nGarnala, \r\nJanetpur, Kallar \r\nHeri. \r\n221 ” ” Madron Mardon Revenue estates \r\nof Tharwah, \r\nMajri and \r\nMardon. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the word “Thanesar” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (64) of s. 3.   \r\n2Substituted for the words “Bani Badarpur” by the Act ibid., sub-section (65) of s. 3. \r\n3Substituted for the words “Ambala City” by the Act ibid., sub-section (66) of s. 3. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n222 ” ” Bhanon Kheri Guru Gobind \r\nSingh Sahib \r\nRevenue estate \r\nof Bhanon Kheri. \r\n223 ” ” Sular Sular Revenue estate \r\nof Sular and \r\nBalana. \r\n224 ” ” Chhani Gurdwara \r\nChhani \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof Langar \r\nChhani and \r\nKesri. \r\n225 ” Naraingarh Raipur Ranike Raipur \r\nand Manak \r\nTabra \r\n1\r\n[Tehsil of \r\nNaraingarh] \r\n226 ” Jagadhri Bilaspur Gurdwara Guru \r\nGobind Singh \r\nSahib in Gopal \r\nMochan. \r\nRevenue estates \r\nof Dariapur \r\nCholi, \r\nBasantianwala, \r\nDharamkot, \r\nAmbwala, \r\nChagnaoli, \r\nMachrol and \r\nBilaspur. \r\n227 ” ” Bilaspur Bilaspur \r\nGurdwara \r\nZail of Bilaspur. \r\n228 ” ” Jagadhri Gurdwara \r\nJagadhri \r\nZail of Jagadhri. \r\n229 ” ” Balachaur Agampura  Revenue estate \r\nof Balachaur. \r\n230 ” ” Sudhal Sudhal 2\r\n[Zail of Harnaul] \r\n231 ” Rupar Chamkaur Gurdwaras of \r\nDamdama \r\nSahib \r\nKatalgarh, Tilak \r\nAsthan. \r\nPolice station \r\narea of Morinda. \r\n232 ” ” Kotla Nihang Bhatta Sahib Zail of Kotla \r\nNihang. \r\n233 ” ” Rupar Rupar Zail of Rupar. \r\n234 ” ” Morinda Morinda  Revenue estates \r\nof Morinda, \r\nMarauli Kalan, \r\nDhangrali and \r\nRangyan. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “Revenue estates of Raipur and Manak  Tabra” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV \r\nof 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (67) of s. 3. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Revenue estate of Sudhal” by the Act ibid., sub-section (68) of s. 3. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Tahsil. Revenue \r\nEstate. \r\nName of \r\nGurdwara. \r\nConstituencies \r\nfor Election of \r\nCommittee of \r\nManagement \r\n235 ” ” Bur Marja Bur Marja Revenue estates \r\nof Bur Majran, \r\nDhanauri, \r\nKainaur and \r\nSehar Majra. \r\n236 ” ” Bir Guru Jand Sahib Zail of Bela. \r\n237 ” ” Saheri Saheri Revenue estates \r\nof Saheri, \r\nRangilpur, \r\nDhangrali and \r\nKainaur. \r\n238 ” Kharar Mani Majra Manji Sahib Zail of \r\nChandigarh. \r\n239 ” ” 1\r\n[Khizrabad] \r\n2\r\n[Khizrabad] \r\nGurdwara Baba \r\nZorawar Singh. \r\nZails of Kurali \r\nand \r\n3\r\n[Khizrabad] \r\n240 Jhang Jhang Nanaksar Gurdwara \r\nNanaksar \r\nTahsil of Jhang. \r\n241 Multan Multan Multan City Dharamsala \r\nBhai Dyalji \r\nMunicipal area \r\nof Multan and \r\nthe tahsil of \r\nKabirwala. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the word “Khidarabad” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette, Part I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, sub-section (69) of s. 3. \r\n2Ibid. \r\n3Ibid. \r\nSCHEDULE II \r\n[see section 7] \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Revenue Estate. Name of Institution. \r\n1 Lahore Lahore City Dera Baba Bela Singh. \r\n2 “ Lamme Jagir Dera Pandit Gurmukh Singh. \r\n3 “ Lidhar Dera Bhai Parshotam Singh. \r\n4 Amritsar Amritsar City Akhara Santokh Das Mahant Brahm \r\nButa. \r\n5 “ “ Akhara bala Nand. \r\n6 “ “ Akhara Pritam Das or Nirban Katra. \r\n7 “ “ Akhara Kanshiwala inside \r\nSultanwind Gate. \r\n8 “ “ Akhara Beriwala. \r\n9 “ “ Akhara Chattewala. \r\n10 “ “ Akhara Chitta. \r\n11 “ “ Akhara Nirban Bawa Tehldas. \r\n12 “ “ Akhara Kanihiwala Ghi Mandi. \r\n13 “ “ Akhara Babeksar. \r\n14 “ “ Akhara Sangalwala. \r\n15 “ “ Dera Mahant Misra Singh. \r\n16 “ “ Dera Thakran. \r\n17 “ “ Dera Antarjamian. \r\n18 “ “ Dera Bhai Parduman Singh. \r\n19 “ “ Nirmal Chhetar. \r\n20 “ “ Dera Mahant Gurmukh Singh. \r\n21 “ “ Dera Punchhian. \r\n22 “ “ Dera Mahant Bahawal Singh. \r\n23 “ “ Dera Giani Bakhshish Singh. \r\n24 “ “ Dera Mahant Basant Singh. \r\n25 “ “ Dera Baba Budh Singh. \r\n26 “ “ Dera Sainlok Ram Singh. \r\n27 “ “ Dera Wairanwala. \r\n28 “ “ Dera Baba Joga Singh. \r\n29 “ “ Dera Bhai Sewa Singh. \r\n30 “ “ Dharamsala Mai Sarsati. \r\n31 Amritsar Amritsar City Dera Chattewala. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Revenue Estate. Name of Institution. \r\n32 “ “ Dharamsala Brahm Hazura, \r\nopposite Akhara Balanana. \r\n33 “ “ Dharamsala Bawa Rattan Hari. \r\n34 “ “ Dharamsala Baba Mela Ram. \r\n35 “ “ Dharamsala Baba Har Das. \r\n36 “ “ Dera Gyani Babek Singh. \r\n37 “ Tarn Taran Dera Bhai Tara Singh. \r\n38 Gurdaspur Shankarpur Dera Sant Mohan Singh. \r\n39 “ Qadian Dera Sant Nihal Singh. \r\n40 “ Batala(Revenue \r\nestate No. 211) \r\nDera Bagh Bawa Saran Das. \r\n41 Sialkot Bahadurpura Sadh Akhar Sukh Ram Das. \r\n42 Sheikhupura Warn Dera Ganga Ram. \r\n43 “ Mirowal Dharamsala Narain Das. \r\n44 “ Shahdara Dera Bhai Mahtab Singh. \r\n45 Gujrat Mangat Dera Rocha Singh. \r\n46 “ “ Dera Partap Singh. \r\n47 “ Sohawa Bolani Dera Charan Das. \r\n48 “ Dhal Tibbi Tannan, \r\nNauth Dingah \r\nDera Mahant Bashambar Parshad. \r\n49 “ Sarai Alamgir Dera Sahiban. \r\n50 “ Dingah Mandar Udasian. \r\n51 “ Murala Dera Mahant Prem Singh. \r\n52 “ Shahdiwal Samadi Bhagat Lorinda Mal. \r\n53 “ Nanwan Nazul Samadi Bawa Mansa Ram. \r\n54 “ “ Samadi Bawa Tappa. \r\n55 “ Bhakhariali Samadi Bawa Sundar Das. \r\n56 “ Jalalpur-Jattan Samadi Bawa Gobind Bakhsh. \r\n57 Rawalpindi --- Dera Baba Mohan Das. \r\n58 “ Rawalpindi City Darbar Narankanian. \r\n59 “ Thoha Khalsa Dukh Bhanjani or Dera Bhai Nihal \r\nSingh. \r\n60 “ --- Dera Baba Mast Ram or Makan of \r\nBarandari. \r\n61 “ Ganj Mandi, \r\nRawalpindi City \r\nDera Mahant Nand Singh. \r\n62 “ Sukho Dera Mahant Jawahar Singh. \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Revenue Estate. Name of Institution. \r\n63 Attock Shakardara Gurdwara Shakardara. \r\n64 Jhelum Mangoal Dera Mahant Amar Singh. \r\n65 “ Mahal Chahi Dera Takhran. \r\n66 “ Maghiana Gurdwara Bawa Gobind Das. \r\n67 “ “ Gurdwara Bhai Nand Singh. \r\n68 Montgomery Bhajangarh Dera Sant Singh Ji. \r\n69 Multan Multan City, Taraf \r\nJuma Khalsa \r\nAsthan Deopura. \r\n70 Hoshiarpur Bahadurpur Dera Baba Charan Shah. \r\n71 “ Daffar Dhakki. \r\n72 “ Khuddah Dehra. \r\n73 “ Tanda Mastgarh. \r\n74 “ Tooto Mazara Dharamsala. \r\n75 “ Maili Chini Ghati. \r\n76 Jullundur Alawalpur Dera Maru Das. \r\n77 Ludhiana Bhaini Bhaini Sahib. \r\n78 “ Baraich Dera Gur Parshad. \r\n79 “ Gurah Dera Puran Das. \r\n80 Ferozepore Smadh Bhai Dera Guru Granth Sahib, Gurmukh \r\nDas Mohtmim \r\n81 “ Gholia Khurd Dera Bhai Gulab Singh. \r\n82 “ Nathuwala Dera Bhai Bhajan Singh. \r\n83 “ Daodhar Dera Bhai Mangal Singhwala. \r\n84 “ Rania Dera Bhai Khalak Singh. \r\n85 “ Muktsar Dera Bhai Mastan Singh. \r\n86 “ Harike Kalan Dera Bhai Ran Singh. \r\n87 “ Sekhwan Dera Sekhwan.  \r\n88 Hissar Rohri Dera Mahant Bishudhanand. \r\n89 “ Kewal Dera Kewal. \r\n90 “ Kalanwali Dera Kalanwali. \r\n91 “ Takhtmal Dera Mahant Chhetanand. \r\n92 Karnal Shahabad Dera Sadh Charan Das, Devi Tal. \r\n93 “ Thanesar Bara Akhara, Kurukshetra. \r\n94 “ “ Chhota Akhara, Kurukshetra. \r\n95 Karnal Thanesar Dera Kumerwala (known as Dera \r\nSerial \r\nNo. \r\nDistrict. Revenue Estate. Name of Institution. \r\nMahant Sampuran Singh). \r\n96 “ Sirsala Dera Sadh Charan Das. \r\n97 “ Fatehgarh Jharauli Dera Fatehgarh Jharauli. \r\n98 “ Lakmari Dera Bishan Das Sadh. \r\n99 “ Sagri Dera Asthal Ram Kishan Sadh. \r\n100 “ Ladwa Dera Bawa Prem Das. \r\n101 “ Kanipla Dera Sadh Jamna Das. \r\n102 “ Khurdban Dera Udasian. \r\n103 “ Umri Ditto. \r\n104 “ Bapdi Dera Harnam Das Sadh. \r\n105 “ Jogi Mazra Dera Sadhni. \r\n106 “ Khera Sudhpur Dera Sadh Lachman Das. \r\n107 “ Bapauli Dera Sadh Mohan Das. \r\n108 “ Mehra Dera Sadhni. \r\n109 “ Nalwi Mahman Singh Dera Nirmala Sikh. \r\n110 “ Pahowa Dera Mahant Charan Das (known \r\nas Chhota Akhara). \r\n111 “ “ Dera Mahant Deva Das (known as \r\nBara Akhara). \r\n112 “ “ Dera Mahant Thaman Das (known \r\nas Dera Nirmala). \r\n113 “ Arnauli Dera Udasian. \r\n114 “ “ Dera Nirmala Sikhan, Bhagal. \r\n115 “ Shamgarh Dera Udasian. \r\n116 “ Fatehgarh Dera Prem Das. \r\n \r\nSCHEDULE III \r\n[see section 35] \r\nSection Description of the document Proper fee \r\n3 List of property alleged to belong to \r\nscheduled gurdwara. \r\nTen \r\nrupees. \r\n5 Petition of claim to property included in a \r\nconsolidated list. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n6 Claim for compensation by hereditary office -\r\nholder of a Notified Sikh Gurdwara or his \r\npresumptive successor. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n7 Petition to have a gurdwara declared to be a \r\nSikh Gurdwara. \r\nTen \r\nrupees. \r\n8 Petition to have it declared that a gurdwara is \r\nnot a Sikh Gurdwara. \r\nTen \r\nrupees. \r\n10 Petition of claim to property included in a list \r\npublished under section 7. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n11 Claim for compensation by hereditary office -\r\nholder of a gurdwara notified under section 7 \r\nor his presumptive successor. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n19 Petition for consideration of an agreement by \r\ntribunal. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n20 Claim to compensation  by hereditary office -\r\nholder who has resigned or been dismissed \r\nor by his presumptive successor. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n21 Claim to compensation by person alleging \r\nright to nominate office-holder. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n26 Application to have entry made in revenue \r\nrecords. \r\nEight \r\nannas. \r\n27 Petition to have it determined who shall \r\nmanage dedicated property, etc. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n34 Appeal to High Court against order of \r\ntribunal. \r\nTen \r\nrupees. \r\n38 Suit to have it declared that provisions of Part \r\nIII should be applied to a gurdwara. \r\nTen \r\nrupees. \r\n84 Application to Commission to have it decided \r\nwhether a person is a patit. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n106 (3) Application to Commission by Board for order \r\nrelating to disposal of surplus income of Sikh \r\nGurdwara. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n106 (5) Appeal to High Cour t by Board or a \r\nCommittee. \r\nTen \r\nrupees. \r\n123 (3) Application by Board to Commission for \r\nalteration of Committee's budget. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n124 Application to Commission for order against One rupee. \r\nSection Description of the document Proper fee \r\nCommittee for recovery of annual \r\ncontribution. \r\n1\r\n[130] \r\n(2) and \r\n(4) \r\nApplication to Commission relating to \r\nscheme of administration. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n135 (3) Appeal by hereditary office -holder to \r\nCommission against order of suspension or \r\ndismissal. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n135 (3) Further appeal to High Court. Ten \r\nrupees. \r\n135 (6) Application to Commission by Board for order \r\nof dismissal of hereditary office-holder. \r\nFive \r\nrupees. \r\n135 (8) Further appeal to High Court. Ten \r\nrupees. \r\n142 (1) \r\nand (2) \r\nApplication to Commission for relief against \r\nmisfeasance, etc. \r\nTen \r\nrupees. \r\n142 (3) Appeal to High Court. Twenty-\r\nfive \r\nrupees. \r\n Miscellaneous applications under the Act. One rupee. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the figure “131” by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, \r\nPart I, dated April 30, 1926, pp. 378-386, s. 4. \r\n1\r\n[SCHEDULE IV\r\n2\r\n \r\n[see section 44] \r\nDistrict Serial No. of \r\nConstituency \r\nConstituency \r\n Hissar \r\n1 The tahsils of Hissar, Hansi and Bhiwani, and the zail of \r\nRatia of tahsil of Fatehabad. \r\n2 The zails of Sohowala, Khiuwali, Rori and Kalanwali of the \r\nSirsa tahsil. \r\n3 \r\nThe tahsil of Sirsa, excluding the zails of Sohowala, \r\nKhiuwali, Rori and Kalanwali and the tahsil of Fatehabad, \r\nexcluding the zail of Ratia. \r\nKarnal, \r\nRohtak and \r\nGurgaon. \r\n4 \r\nThe districts of Karnal, Rohtak and Gurgaon. \r\nAmbala and \r\nSimla \r\n5 The tahsils of Ambala, Naraingarh and Jagadhri. \r\n6 \r\nThe zails of Mubarakpur, Baqarpur, Sanetta, Sohana, \r\nKharrar, Chimi Kalan, Grangan, Manimazra and Kali Bar of \r\nthe Kharrar tahsil and the district of Simla. \r\n7 The rest of the tahsil of Kharrar. \r\n8 The zails of Bela, Hawara, Amralli, Dhanauri, Morinda and \r\nKhant of the tahsil of Rupar. \r\n9 The rest of the tahsil of Rupar. \r\nHoshiarpur \r\nand Kangra \r\n10 The Kangra district and th e Una tahsil of the Hoshiarpur \r\ndistrict. \r\n11 The tahsil of Dasuya excluding the zails of Kandhala \r\nSheikhan and Jaura. \r\n12 \r\nThe zails of Kandhala Sheikhan and Jaura in the Dasuya \r\ntahsil, and the zails of Argowal, Garhdiwala, Chotala, and \r\nJanauri in the Hoshiarpur tahsil. \r\n13 \r\nThe zails of Bullowal, Hariana, Basi Umarkhan, Nanda \r\nChaur, Pathralian, Badala Mahi, Basi Nau, and Basi Khwaju \r\nin the Hoshiarpur tahsil. \r\n14 \r\nThe zails of Khanaura, Saido Patti, Jahan Khelan, Chak \r\nSadu, Tunuli, and Badla in the Hoshiarpur tahsil, and the zail \r\nof Jandoli in the Garhshankar tahsil. \r\n15 The zails of Mahilpur, Nangal Thandal, Kharrar, Achharwal, \r\nNangal Kalan and Mugowal in the Garhshankar tahsil. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted by the Sikh Gurdawaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I,  dated April \r\n30, 1926, pp. 378-386, s. 5. \r\n2Omitted “column 4” by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated January 17, 1945, pp. 5-10, s. 51. \r\nDistrict Serial No. of \r\nConstituency \r\nConstituency \r\n16 \r\nThe Garhshankar tahsil excluding the zails of Mahilpur, \r\nJandoli, Nangal Thandal, Kharrar, Achharwal, Nangal Kalan \r\nand Mogowal. \r\nJullundur \r\n17 Sadr Police Station area less the zails of Sura and Naugajja, \r\nbut including City and Cantonment Police Station areas. \r\n18 Police Station areas of Kartarpur and Ghogpur, and the zails \r\nof Sura and Naugajja. \r\n19 Police Station area of Adampur. \r\n20 Police Station area of Nakodar less zail Khanpur Dhadda. \r\n21 Police Station area of Shahkot and the part of zail Khanpur \r\nDhadda which lies in Nakodar Police Station area. \r\n22 Police Station area of Nurmahal less the zails of Bundala, \r\nPharwala and Sarhali. \r\n23 The zails of Bundala, Pharwala, Sarhali, Rurka Kalan, \r\nSargondi and Gura. \r\n24 The Police Station area of Phillaur less the zails of Rurka \r\nKalan, Sargondi and Gura. \r\n25 The zails of Kultham, Pharala, Baharwal, Huen and Mukand \r\npur. \r\n26 Police Station area of Banga less Constituency No.25 above \r\nand the zail of Raipur. \r\n27 Police Station area of Rahon and the zail of Raipur. \r\nLudhiana \r\n28 The zails of Rajewal Rajputan, Machhiwara, Ladhran, \r\nPowat, Mal Mazra, Samrala and Nagra of the Samrala tehsil. \r\n29 The rest of the Samrala tahsil. \r\n30 The zails of Mallah, Lakha, and Bassian of the Jagraon \r\ntahsil. \r\n31 The zails of Raikot, Akalgarh and Mohi of the Jagraon tahsil. \r\n32 The zails of Ghalib Kalan, Jagraon, Kaonke and Rumi of the \r\nJagraon tahsil. \r\n33 The rest of the Jagraon tahsil \r\n34 The zails of Gujarwal, Pakhowal, Andlu and Pakhoke. \r\n35 The zails of Ghungrana, Raipur, Shankar and Rachhin. \r\n36 The zails of Malaudh, Ber, Hans and Bagrian. \r\n37 The zails of Baddowal, Lalton, Dakha, Nurpur and Ludhiana. \r\n38 The zails of Gil, Dhandari and Sahnewal. \r\n39 The rest of the tahsil of Ludhiana. \r\nFerozepore 40 The zails of Nathana, Mehraj, Lahra, Mohabbat, Bhucho and \r\nBhucho Khurd of the tahsil of Ferozepore. \r\nDistrict Serial No. of \r\nConstituency \r\nConstituency \r\n41 \r\nThe zails of Mudki, Sulhani and Syanwala of the tahsil of \r\nFerozepore and the zails of Kila Gudda, Makhu, Khadur, \r\nMallanwala, Khosa Dal Sing and Wara Waryam Singh of the \r\ntahsil of Zira. \r\n42 \r\nThe rest of the tahsil of Ferozepore and the zails of  \r\nGhubaya, Bagake, Kheireke, Panjeke, Mohanke Hithar and \r\nGuru Har Sahai of the tahsil of Muktsar. \r\n43 The rest of the tahsil of Zira excluding the zail of Bankhandi. \r\n44 The zail of Bankhandi of the tashil of Zira and the zails of \r\nSalhina, Daroli Bhai and Ghal Kalan of the tahsil of Moga. \r\n45 The zails of Dala, Rania and Badhani Kalan of the tahsil of \r\nMoga. \r\n46 The zails of Himmatpura, Raonta and Mari of the tahsil of \r\nMoga. \r\n47 The zails of Sukha Nand and Roda of the tahsil of Moga. \r\n48 The zails of Gh olia Kalan, Bagha Purana and Bhalur of the \r\ntahsil of Moga. \r\n49 The rest of the tahsil of Moga. \r\n50 The zails of Jhomba, Kot Bhai and Chak Sherewala of the \r\ntahsil of Muktsar. \r\n51 The zails of Doda and Muktsar Khas. \r\n52 The rest of the tahsil of Muktsar. \r\n53 \r\nThe zails of Beduwali, Bhularwali, Roranwala, Situ Ganun, \r\nAbohar, Kandwala, Amarkot, Ganjal, Jandwala, Mirasangla, \r\nNihal  Khera, Jhomianwali and kundal of the tahsil of Fazilka. \r\n54 The rest of the tahsil of Fazilka. \r\nLahore \r\n55 The zails of Lahore, Baghbanpura and Awan Dhaiwala, \r\nIchchra and Bhasin of the tahsil of Lahore. \r\n56 The zails of Her, Padhana and Jhaman of the tahsil of \r\nLahore. \r\n57 The rest of the tahsil of Lahore. \r\n58 The zails of Mian ke Kaur, Balloke, Hanjra, Waryamwala, \r\nPattoki and Bughiana Kalan of the tahsil of Chunian. \r\n59 The rest of the tahsil of Chunian. \r\n60 The zails of Sur Singh and Rajoke of the tahsil of Kasur. \r\n61 The zails of Patti and Sabrai of the tahsil of Kasur. \r\n62 The zails of Jaura, Sahjra, Burj Kalan, Waltoha and Algon of \r\nthe tahsil of Kasur. \r\n63 The rest of the tahsil of Kasur. \r\nAmritsar 64 The Municipal and Cantonment areas of Amritsar. \r\nDistrict Serial No. of \r\nConstituency \r\nConstituency \r\n65 The zails of Verka and Gilwali. \r\n66 The zails of Mirankot, Majitha and Tarpai. \r\n67 The zails of Jandiala, Fatehpur and Mallian. \r\n68 The zails of Rupowali and Mattewal. \r\n69 The zails of Tarsikka Mehta and Sheron Bagha. \r\n70 The zails of Chima Bath and Butala. \r\n71 The zails of Karyal, Kohala, Chawinda, Bullarwal, Bhindi \r\nAulkh and Bhilowal. \r\n72 The zails of Sainsra, Raja Sansi, Ajnala, Kamalpura, Sidhar \r\nand Gaggomahal. \r\n73 The zails of Atari, Bhakna, Naushera Dhala and Kasel. \r\n74 The zails of Tarn Taran and Rasulpur. \r\n75 The zails of Panjwar and Manochahil. \r\n76 The zails of Nagoke, Kang, Jalalabad and Vairowal. \r\n77 The zails of Sirkhali and Raniwala. \r\n78 The zails of Jamarai and Naushera Panuan. \r\nGurdaspur \r\n79 The tahsils of Pathankot and Shakargarh and the zails of \r\nMarara, Mirzapur and Dugari of the tahsil of Gurdaspur. \r\n80 The zails of Buchanangal, Gurdaspur, Dhamr ai, \r\nGurdasnangal, Sohal and Bianpur of the tahsil of Gurdaspur. \r\n81 The rest of the tahsil of Gurdaspur excluding the zails of \r\nBoharwadala and Kalanaur. \r\n82 \r\nThe zails of Boharwadala and Kalanaur of the tahsil of \r\nGurdaspur and the zails of Udowali Kalan D her and \r\nSinghpura of the tahsil of Batala. \r\n83 The zails of Dholpur, Marar, Serah and Chhachhriala of the \r\ntahsil of Batala. \r\n84 The zails of Chaudhriwala, Bhullar, Batala and Dalla of the \r\ntahsil of Batala. \r\n85 The rest of the tahsil of Batala. \r\nSialkot 86 \r\nSialkot tahsil and the following zails of the Daska tahsil:– \r\nSambrial I. \r\nSambrial II. \r\nBhopalwala. \r\nMalkhanwala. \r\nSahowala. \r\nDistrict Serial No. of \r\nConstituency \r\nConstituency \r\n87 \r\nThe rest of the Daska tahsil and the following zails of the \r\nPasrur tahsil:– \r\nSirangi. \r\nSaukanwind. \r\nBhuler. \r\n88 \r\nThe rest of the P asrur tahsil and the follwoing zails of the \r\nNarowal tahsil:–  \r\nBahlolpur. \r\nKhakh. \r\nChahar Bhatti. \r\n         Jaistiwala. \r\n   Dhamthal. \r\n89 The rest of the Narowal tahsil. \r\nGujranwala \r\n90 The tahsils of Hafizabad and Wazirabad and the city of \r\nGujranwala. \r\n91 The Police Station areas of Gujranwala Sadr, Wandhu and \r\nKamoke. \r\n92 The Police Station areas of Qilla Didar Singh and Naushera \r\nVirkan. \r\nSheikhupura \r\n93 \r\nSheikupura East containing the follwoing zails:- \r\nSheikhupura, Jhabran, Kaloke, Chuharkana, Ajnianwala, \r\nKhangah Dogran, Chhinne, Bahalike, Karyal and Bhikhi. \r\n94 \r\nSheikhupura West containing  the zails of Mangat, Marh \r\nBalochan, Sangla (Sialkot), Sangla (Gurdaspur), Dhaban, \r\nPacca Dalla, Shahkot, Karkan and Mananwala. \r\n95 The Nankana Sahib tahsil with the additio n of the zails of \r\nMohlan and Innuana of the Shikhupura tahsil. \r\n96 The tahsil of Shahdara. \r\nGujrat \r\n97 The tahsils of Gujrat and Kharian. \r\n98 The tahsil of Phalia. \r\nShahpur \r\n99 The tahsil of Sargodha. \r\n100 The rest of the district of Shahpur. \r\nJhelum 101 The district of Jhelum. \r\nRawalpindi \r\n102 The tahsils of Murree and Rawalpindi. \r\n103 The tahsils of Gujar Khan and Kahuta. \r\nAttock and \r\nMianwali 104 The districts of Attock and Mianwali. \r\nDistrict Serial No. of \r\nConstituency \r\nConstituency \r\nMontgomery\r\n1\r\n \r\n105 \r\nThe Police Station areas of Nur Shah, Montgomery, \r\nBurjwala, Naiwala and Harappa in the Montgomery tahsil \r\nand the part of Police Station area of Kamir included in \r\nMontgomery tahsil. \r\n106 The Police Station areas of Chichawatni, Kamalai, Shahkot, \r\nNathuwala and Kassowal in the Montgomery tahsil. \r\n107 The tahsil of Okara. \r\n108 The tahsil of Dipalpur. \r\n109 The tahsil of Pakpattan. \r\nLyallpur\r\n2\r\n \r\n110 The tahsil of Sammundri excluding the zail of Tarkhani. \r\n111 The zails of Tarkhani, Pakka Anna, Yakkar, Khairwala and \r\nTawan. \r\n112 The rest of the tahsil of Toba Tek Singh. \r\n113 The zails of Jassuana, Satiana, Dangali, Naurang, Dulchi, \r\nNahra and Rurala. \r\n114 The zails of Hitharwali, Pauliani, Badwala and Jaranwala. \r\n115 The zails of Uqbana, Lyallpur\r\n3\r\n, Awagat, Khurrianwala, \r\nSalarwala, Lodhranwala, Jhumra and Beranwala. \r\n116 The zails of Niwan, Sarshamir and Narwala. \r\n117 The zails of Dijkot, Roda Koru, Gidarwala, Khanuana and \r\nThikriwala. \r\nJhang 118 The district of Jhang. \r\nMultan 119 The district of Multan. \r\nMuzaffargarh \r\nand Dera \r\nGhazi Khan. \r\n120 \r\nThe districts of Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n                                                           \r\n1Now ‘Sahiwal’. \r\n2Now ‘Faislabad’. \r\n3Now ‘Faislabad’.",
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