Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1971
No: 6 Dated: Apr, 22 1971
THE GURUVAYOOR DEVASWOM ACf, 1971
(Act 6 of 1971)
An Act to make provbion for the proper admimstratwn of the Guruvayoor Devaswom
Preamble- WHEREAS the Sree Knshna Temple at Guruvayoor Is a very ancient Temple of unique importance which owns extensive properties and endowments and in which millions of devotees from all over India are reposing their faith and belief,
AND WHEREAS under the scheme framed by the High Court of Madras in Appeals Nos 211 and 212 of 1930 for the administration of the said Temple, as modified by the District Court, South Malabar, in OS No 1 of I 933, the admimstrition, control and management of the Temple ,and Its properties and endowments have been vested in the hereditary trustees, namely, the Zamorin Raja of Calicut and the Karanavan for the time being of the Malhsseri illam at Guruvayoor ;
AND WHEREAS the administration and management of the Devaswom by the said trustees have detenorated and situation has arisen rendering it expedient to reorganise in the interests of the general public, the scheme of management of the affairs of the Devaswom and to provide better administration therefor in supersession of the said scheme ,
Be It enacted in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows.-
CHAPTER I
PRELl MIN ARY
1 Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1971
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 11th day of March, 1971
2 Definitions.-ln this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Admimstrator" means the Administrator appointed under section 14 ,
(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner appointed under the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitadble Endowments Act, 1951 (Madras Act XIX of 1951),
(c) ''Committee'' means the Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee constituted under section 3,
(d) "Devaswom'' means the Temple and includes its properties and endowments and the subordinate temples attached to it;
(e) ''precribed" means prescribed by rules made under thts Act;
(f) "Temple" means the Sree Krishna Temple at Guruvayoor;
(g) "Temple Fund" means the Sree Guruvayoor Temple Fund constituted under sectton 24;