The Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act, 2019

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THE UTTARAKHAND CHAR DHAM DEVASTHANAM MANAGEMENT Act, 2019 (Uttarakhand Act NO: 06 OF, 2020) Sections INDEX Content Chapter ! Preliminary 1. Short title, extent and commencement 2. Definitions CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF BOARD 3 Constitution of Char Dham Devasthanam Board 4 Powers and Duties of the Board 5 Terms & Conditions of Service of Members 6 Disqualification and Liabilities of Nominated Members 7 Vacancy of Nominated Member on disqualification 8 Meetings of the Board 9 Vacancy not to affect the Constitution of the Board or Committee CHAPTER III CONSTITUTION OF HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE 10 Constitution of High Level Committee for Devasthanam management and Yatra Coordination 11 Functions and Duties of High level Committee 12 Meeting Schedule CHAPTER IV APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS AND OTHER STAFF 13 Appointment of the CEO 14 Officers to assist the CEO 15 Powers and functions of the CEO 16 Office of CEO CHAPTER V PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE OF REGISTERS BY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS 17 Preparation and maintenance of registers by Char Dham Devasthanam/Religious Institutions 18 Annual verification of the Registers CHAPTER VI ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CHAR DHAM DEVASTHANAMS 19 Duties of rights of Trustee and Hak Hakkukdhari etc. 20 Trustee to furnish accounts, returns etc. 21 Inspection of property and documents 22 Vesting of certain properties in the Board 23 Vesting of immovable properties of Char Dham Devasthanams covered under the Act 24 Restriction on registration of documents 25 Recovery of immovable property unlawfully alienated 26 Removal of encroachment on the land and premises belonging to Char Dham Devasthanams 27 Power to act for protection and development of Char Dham Devasthanams CHAPTER VII Page 1 APPOINTMENT, ENGAGEMENT AND DISQUALIFICATIONS OF TRUSTEES, PRIESTS, RAWAL ETC. 28 Procedure for making appointment and engagement of Priests, Rawal, Trustee etc. and their term 29 Removal of Trustees, Priests etc. 30 Disqualifications of Trustees, Priests and Rawals etc. 31 Filling of vacancy in the office of Hereditary Priest Trustee, Rawal or Priests CHAPTER VIII FINANCE, CHAR DHAM FUND, MAINTENANCE OF BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS 32 Finance, creation of Uttarakhand Char Dham Fund, Budget, Accounts and sums recoverable as arrear of land revenue. 33 Recovery of Temple Dues 34 Installation of Hundi 35 Preparation and submission of Budget to the Board 36 Maintenance of Accounts and Auditing CHAPTER IX OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 37 Penalty of non compliance of the provisions of this Act by Trustee etc. 38 Penalty for wrongful withholding of property belonging to the Religious Institutions and for establishing the duplicate of traditional idol at other place 39 Offence to non-cognizable and bailable 40 Cognizance of offence CHAPTER CA MISCELLANEOUS In 42 Power to remove difficulties 41 Protection for action taken in good faith 43 Board may receive funds and undertake the development of Devasthanams etc. other than Hindu Devasthanams etc. 44 Amendment in Schedule 45 Act not to apply certain religious institutions 46 Power to make Rules and Regulations 47 Bar of Jurisdiction 48 Overriding effect of Act Repeal and savings THE UTTARAKHAND CHAR DHAM DEVASTHANAM MANAGEMENT ACT, 2019. Page 2 (UTTARAKHAND BILL NO: 06 OF, 2020) An Act to provide rejuvenation for Char Dham and famous Temples located in Uttarakhand and to manage the Devasthanam Management Board. Be it enacted by the Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly in the seventieth year of the Republic of India as follows - CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, extent 1. (1) This Act may be called the Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management & commencement Act, 2019. (2) It shall apply to Char Dham and other Devasthanams/temples given at A, B, C, D And E of Schedule annexed with this Act. (3) It shall come into force at once. Definitions

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