Koodalmanickam Devaswom Act, 1971

No: 7 Dated: Apr, 22 1971

THE KOODALMANlCKAM DEVASWOM ACT, 197

(Act 7 of 1971)

    An Act to make provision for the proper administration of the Koodalmamckam Devaswom in Irinjalakuda

    Preamble.-WHEREAS the Koodalmamckam Temple in it Irinjalakuda a very ancient temple of unique Importance which owns extensive properties and endowments,

    AND WHEREAS under the Proclamation Issued by his Highness the Raja of Cochin on the 30th November, 1917 and the scheme of management issued under that Proclamation, the administration, control and management of the Devaswom have been vested in the Thachudaya Kaimal

    AND WHEREAS the administration and management of the Devaswom by the Thachudaya Kaimal have deteriorated and a situation has arisen rendering it expedient -to re-organise, 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 all previous laws and arrangements applicable thereto ,

BE It enacted m the Twenty-second Year of the Hepublic oi Ind1a c1s follows -

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1 Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Koodalmamckam Devaswom Act, 1971.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 9th day of March, 1971

2 Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise reqUires,-

(a) "Administrator" means the Administrator appointed under section 14;

(b) ''Committee means the Koodalmamckam Devaswom Managmg Committee constituted under section 3;

(c) "Devaswom'' means the Temple, and includes its properties and endowment and the sub-ordinate temple attached to it,

(d) "Kaimal" means the person appointed be the Thachudaya Kaimal of the Koodalmamckam Devaswom in accordance with accepted custom ;

(e) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act,

(f) ''Temple" means the Koodalmamckam Temple in Irinjalakuda,

(g) "Temple Fund'' means the Sree Koodalmamckam Temple Fund constituted under section 23;