Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1955
(1) This Act may be called Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1955.
(2) Sections 1, 2, and 3 shall come into force at once and the rest of the provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date1 as the State Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf.
(1) The provisions of the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1951 (Orissa Act 2 of 1952) shall cease to apply to the said Temple except with respect to actions taken, things done and contributions levied and the same shall be deemed to have been validly taken, done and levied as if this Act had not been passed :
Provided that the State Government shall, after having due regard to the financial position of the Temple, have power to exempt it from the payment of the whole of any part of the contributions so levied and due, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, anything in any law or contract, or judgment, decree or order of any Court to the contrary notwithstanding.
(2) All laws, regulations and other enactments passed for the purpose of providing for the management of the affairs of the Temple and its properties and
The Puri Shri Jagannath Temple (Administration) Act, 1952 shall be deemed to be a part of this Act and all or any of the powers and the functions of the State Government under the said Act shall be exerciseable by the Committee under this Act from such date or dates as the State Government may by notification direct.
1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-
(a)"Committee" means the Shri Jagannath Temple Managing Committee constituted under this Act;
(a-1)"Nijoga" means an association of Sevaks recognised as such by the Committee;
(b)"Prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
(c)"Raja of Puri" means the person on whom rests for the time being the obligation of discharging the duties of a Sevak in respect of the Gajapati Maharaj Seva as recorded in the Record of Rights;
(d)"Record of Rights" means the Record of Rights prepared under the Puri Shri Jagannath Temple (Administration) Act (XIV of 1952);
(d-1)"Sevak" means a
Notwithstanding anything in any other law for the time being in force or custom, usage or contract, Sanad, deed or engagement, the administration and the governance of the Temple and its endowments shall vest in a Committee called the Shri Jagannath Temple Managing Committee constituted as such by the State Government, and it shall have the rights and privileges in respect thereof as provided in Section 33. It shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, and may, be the said name sue and be sued.
CASE LAWS :
Secs. 5, 33 - Constitution of India - Art. 14 - Income-tax Act - Sec. 10(23BBA) - Endowments of temple - Vested in Shri Jagannath Temple Managing Committee enjoying exemption from Income Tax under Sec. 10 (23 BBA) since 1962 - Withdrawal of exemption without giving opportunity of hearing to Committee - Il
(1) The Committee constituted under Section 5 shall consist of 18 members and shall be composed as follows :
(a)The Raja of Puri who shall be the Chairman;
(b)an officer not below the rank of Additional Chief Secretary, ex-officio member, who shall be the Working Chairman;
(c)the Chief Administrator appointed under Sub-section (1) of Section 19, ex-officio member, who shall be the Secretary;
(d)the Collector of the District of Puri- ex-officio member;
(e)the Commissioner of Endowments appointed under the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1951-ex-officio member;
(f)the Additional Secretary, Law Department in-charge of Shri Jagannath Temple Administration-ex
-(1) The Committee may co-opt in the prescribed manner such number of persons, not exceeding four, as it deems fit to be members of the Committee from among persons not belonging to any of the categories referred to in Clauses 1[(j) and (k)] of Sub-section (1) of Section 6.
(2) The term of office of the co-opted members shall be co-terminous with the term of other members as specified in Section 9.
(3) The co-opted members shall have right to take part in the proceedings at every meeting of the Committee but, shall not have right to vote at any such meeting.
(1) If at any time the Raja or Puri happens to be a minor or in the opinion of the State Government suffers from any of the disabilities covered by Sub-section (1) of Section 10 other than Clause (f) thereof the duties of the Chairman shall, during such minority or so long as such disability lasts, be exercised by a person professing the Hindu religion whom the State Government may by order specially appoint in that behalf:
Provided that in making an order under this Section the State Government may take into consideration the suitability of the next in line of succession to the Raja of Puri for appointment in conformity with the provisions of this Act;
Provided further that no such order as aforesaid shall be made by the State Government without prior consultation with the Advocate General and unless the Raja of Puri has been given a re
Nothing in Section 7 shall be deemed to affect the rights and privileges of the Raja of Puri in respect of the Gajapati Maharaj Seva merely on the ground that the Raja has ceased to perform the duties of the Chairman for the time being nor shall anything therein contained preclude any person from establishing in a Court of competent jurisdiction his right to succeed to the said Seva as recorded in the Record-of-rights :
Provided that no Court shall have power to stay the operation of any order passed in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid section pending the final disposal of the proceedings in such Court or of any appeal or application arising therefrom or in relation thereto; and no order of any Court in any such proceedings shall have the effect in rendering invalid or inoperative in law anything done or any action taken prior to the date of such order and in pursuance of orders of the State Government passe
(1) Where the Raja of Puri claims for himself any right in addition to those recorded in the record-of-rights he may make an application to the State Government in that behalf.
(2) Upon receipt of an application under Sub-section (1) the State Government may, after making such enquiry as they deem necessary and after giving the Raja of Puri an opportunity of being heard, make such order as they deem fit.
(3) The Raja of Puri may, if he is aggrieved by an order made under Sub-section (2), prefer an appeal before the High Court within thirty days of the date of communication of the order to him.
(4) All orders passed under Sub-section (2), shall subject to the decision, if any, made in an appeal under Sub-section (3), be final.
Every member of the Committee other than the Chairman, and the ex-officio members shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of notification under Sub-section (3) of Section 6 and shall be eligible for re-nomination.
(1) The State Government may suspend or remove any member of the Committee other than the Chairman and the ex officio members on the following grounds :
(a)that he has been convicted by a Criminal Court of any offence which, in the opinion of the State Government, involves moral turpitude;
(b)that he is of unsound mind or is suffering from any physical or mental disease or defect or infirmity which in the opinion of the State Government renders him unfit to be a member of the Committee;
(c)that he has applied to be adjudged or been adjudged insolvent;
(d)that he has been guilty of corruption or misconduct in the administration of the Temple or that some other sufficient cause exists for his removal;
(e)th
(1) If in the opinion of the State Government the Committee is not competent to perform, or makes default in performing the duties imposed on it under this Act, or exceeds or abuses its powers the State Government may, after due enquiry, by notification dissolve the Committee and reconstitute another Committee within a period of six months from the date of dissolution or supersede the Committee for such period not exceeding six months, as the State Government may deem fit.
(2) Before issuing a notification under Sub-section (1), the State Government shall, communicate to the Committee the grounds on which they propose to do so, fix a reasonable time for the Committee to show cause against the proposal, and consider its explanations or objections, if any.
(3) Where a Committee is dissolved or superseded under this Section the State Govern
(1) Casual vacancies caused by death, resignation, removal or otherwise in the office of the members of the Committee shall be filled in the same manner as provided in Section 6.
(2) The term of a member nominated or appointed, as the case may be, to fill a casual vacancy shall expire on the day on which the term of the member in whose vacancy the nomination or appointment has been made, would have expired.
(3) Nothing done by the Committee shall be invalid by reason of there being a casual vacancy.
(1) The Committee shall maintain its office at such place or places at Puri as the Committee may determine for the transaction of its business.
(1-a) The Committee shall meet not less than six times during a calendar year and a period of more than two months shall not be allowed to elapse two successive meetings.
(1-b) 2[Chief Administrator] may, sou motu, and shall, when so required by the Chairman or in his absence by the 2[Working Chairman], convene an emergent or special meeting of the Committee for consideration of any urgent matter.
(2) The Chairman and in his absence the 1[Working Chairman] shall preside over the meetings of the Committee and in the absence of both any other member elected by the members present shall preside over such meeting.
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(1) It shall be within the power of the State Government by order to direct from time to time the payment from out of the Temple Fund to the Chairman or the person appointed under Section 7 of such allowance, at such times and in such manner as the State Government may consider reasonable and proper.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in Sub-section (1) no member of the Committee while acting as such, shall receive or be paid from out of the Temple Fund any salary or other remuneration except such travellingor daily allowances, if any, as may be prescribed.
Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, it shall be the duty of the Committee-
(1) to arrange for the proper performance of Seva-Puja and of the daily and periodical Nitis of the Temple in accordance with the record-of-rights;
(2) to provide facilities for the proper performance of worship by the pilgrims;
(3) to ensure the safe custody of the funds, valuable securities and jewelleries and for the preservation and management of the properties vested in the Temple;
(4) to ensure maintenance of order and discipline and proper hygienic conditions in the Temple and of proper standard of cleanliness and purity in the offerings made therein;
(5) to ensure that funds of the specific
(1) The Committee may constitute Sub-Committees to aid and advise the Committee in regard to all or any of the following subjects, namely :
(a)finance;
(b)Nitis; 1[* * *]
(c)matters relating to the Ratna Bhandar 2[;and]
3[(d) any other subject as may be decided by the Committee.]
(2) The composition the term of office and the procedure for the conduct of business of the Sub-Committee shall be as may be prescribed.
1. Deleted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1836 Dt. 27.12.2004(O.A. 12 of 2004).
2. Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1836 Dt. 27.12.2004(O.A. 12 of 2004).
3. Inserted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 18
(1) 2[Chief Administrator] may 4[either on his own motion or] on an application made in that behalf by any Sevak, other than the Raja of Puri, and after making an enquiry in the prescribed manner, make an order effecting any change in any entry made in the record-of-rights on all or any of the following grounds, namely:
(a)that such change is necessary in view of any new materials which have come to notice; or
(b)that any entry therein bears no relationship to the existing facts; or
(c) that any such entry is incomplete or incorrect;
Provided that no order under this sub-section shall be made without giving the parties concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
(2) Any person aggrieved by an ord
(1) No movable property of a non-perishable nature of which the Committee is in possession and the value of which is more than 1[fifteen thousand rupees] and no jewelleries shall be sold, pledged or otherwise alienated without the previous approval of the State Government.
(2) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act no immovable property taken possession of by the Committee shall be leased out for more than five years or mortgaged, sold or otherwise alienated except with the previous sanction of the State Government.
2[(3) Any transfer of immovable property recorded in the name of Lord Jagannath of Puri by any person including any institution being the Marfatdar of such property shall be absolutely null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever, unless the Administrator or any officer authorised by him in writing in this beh
(1) The provisions contained in the Orissa Prevention of Land Encroachment 3[Act, 1972] 3[(Orissa Act 6 of 1972)] shall be applicable, as far as may be, in respect of unauthorised occupation of any land belonging to the Temple as if it were property of Government within the meaning of that Act.
(2) 1[Chief Administrator] may with the prior approval of the Committee, make an application for taking up appropriate proceedings under the said Act to the authority competent thereunder and thereupon it shall be lawful for such authority to take action in accordance with the provisions contained in that Act.
1. Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1836 Dt. 27.12.2004(O.A. 12 of 2004).
3. Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1451 dt. 16.9.2003 (O.A. 16 of 2003).
The Committee shall have no power to borrow money from any person except with the previous sanction of the State Government.
(1) The Committee shall annually submit to the State Government a report on the Administration of the affairs of the Temple at such time as the State Government may prescribe and such report shall be forthwith published by the Committee in the prescribed manner.
(2) The report prepared and published under this Section shall, as soon as possible, be laid before the Legislative Assembly.
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2.Deleted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1836 Dt. 27.12.2004(O.A. 12 of 2004).
(1) There shall be a Chief Administrator for the Temple who shall be appointed by the State Government from among members of the Indian Administrative Service not below the rank of Commissioner (equivalent to Revenue Divisional Commissioner) and professing Hindu religion.
(2) The Collector of the District of Puri or such person as may be nominated under Sub-section (3) of Section 6 shall be ex-officio Deputy Chief Administrator of the Temple and he shall, subject to the control of the Chief Administrator, perform such duties as the Chief Administrator may from time to time assign.
(3) The State Government shall appoint the following officers from among persons in their active service and professing Hindu religion to assist the Chief Administrator and the officers so appointed shall, perform such duties as the Chief Administrator may from
Omitted
The Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1955, is a legislative framework established by the Odisha Legislative Assembly to govern the administration and management of the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha. This Act aims to ensure the proper functioning of the temple and its associated endowments, thereby preserving its religious and cultural significance.
Section 20 of the Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1955, has been omitted, which means that it no longer holds any legal relevance or enforceability within the context of the Act.
]-(1) 1[Chief Administrator] shall be the Secretary of the Committee and its Chief Executive Officer and shall, subject to the control of the Committee, have powers to carry out its decision in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in Sub-section (1) or in Section 5 1[Chief Administrator] shall be responsible for the custody of all records and properties of the Temple, and shall arrange for proper collections of offerings made in the Temple and shall have power -
(a)to appoint all officers and employees of the Temple;
(b)to lease out for a period not exceeding three years at a time the lands and buildings of the Temple which are ordinarily leased out;
(c)to call for tenders for works or supplies and accept such ten
All sevaks, office-holders and 1[Employees] attached to the Temple or in receipt of any emoluments or perquisites therefrom shall, whether such service is hereditary or not, be subjected to the control of 1[Chief Administrator] who may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations, made by the Committee in that behalf, after giving the person concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard-
(a)withhold the receipt of emoluments or requisites;
(b)impose a fine of an amount not exceeding 1[two thousand rupees];
(c)suspend; or
(d)dismiss;
any of them for breach of trust, incapacity, disobedience of lawful orders, neglect of or wilful absence from duty, disorderly behaviour or conduct derogator
The Chief Administrator may place any sevak, office holder or employee attached to the Temple under suspension, -
(a)where a disciplinary proceeding against him is contemplated or is pending; or
(b)where a case against him in respect of any criminal offence is under investigation, inquiry or trial.
2.Inserted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1836 Dt. 27.12.2004(O.A. 12 of 2004).
1[Chief Administrator] may in cases of emergency, 3[or in cases of unforeseen circumstances] direct the execution of any work or the doing of any act, which is not provided for in the budget for the year and immediate execution or the doing of which is in his opinion necessary for the preservation of the properties of the Temple and its endowments or for the service or safety of the pilgrims resorting to the Temple or for the due performance of the Nitis therein, and may direct that the expenses of executing such work or doing the act shall be paid from the Funds of the Temple. 1[Chief Administrator] shall forthwith report to the Committee the action taken under this Section and the reasons therefor.
1.Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1836 Dt. 27.12.2004(O.A. 12 of 2004).
3. Inserted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1451 dt. 16.9.200
(1) After the appointment of the first Administrator, he shall, as soon as may be, prepare and submit to the Committee a Schedule setting forth the duties, designations and grades of the officers and employees who may, in his opinion, constitute the establishment of the Temple and embody his proposals with regard to the salaries and allowances payable to them, and such Schedule shall come into force on approval by the Committee.
(2) No change shall be effected in such Schedule except with the sanction of the Committee.
(3) Subject to such exceptions as the Committee may by general or special order direct, the officers and employees of the Temple already in service of the Temple on the date of the commencement of this Act shall continue as such and the conditions of their services shall be regulated in the prescribed manner.
(4) The cr
2[(1) Any person aggrieved by any order passed by the Chief Administrator under this Act, or rules, or Regulations made thereunder, may within 30 days of the communication of the order to him, prefer an appeal before the Committee.]
(2) All appeal filed under Sub-section (1) shall be heard and disposed of by the Appeal Sub-committee as hereinafter constituted.
2[(3) The Appellate Sub-Committee shall consist of the Working Chairman who shall be its Chairman and two other members elected in the prescribed manner by the members of the Committee from among the non-official members thereof.]
(4) The Appeal Sub-committee shall, after making such enquiry as it may deem necessary and after giving the parties concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard, pass such order as it seems fit.
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(1) 1[Chief Administrator] shall, every year, prepare in the prescribed manner and form a budget of the receipts and expenditure of the Temple and its endowments for the following year and place it before the Committee which may approve it without modification or with such modification as it deems fit. After the approval of the Committee the budget shall be submitted to the State Government for sanction before such date as may be fixed by the State Government in that behalf.
(2) Before sanctioning the budget, the State Government shall satisfy themselves that adequate provision has been made in the budget for the maintenance of the prescribed working balance and for meeting all the liabilities of the Temple and its endowments. If the budget as submitted to the State Government fails to make these provisions, the State Government may modify any part of the budget so as to ensure tha
If in the course of any year the Committee finds it necessary to modify the figures shown in the budget with regard to its receipts or expenditure, it may submit a supplementary or revised budget to the State Government :
Provided that no alternation shall be made without the consent of the State Government in the working balance.
(1) The State Government shall every year appoint an auditor to audit the accounts of the Temple and its endowments in the prescribed manner 2[* * *]. The auditor shall submit his report 3[to the Administrator and it shall be the duty of the Administrator to submit the audit report] to the Committee and send a copy of it to the State Government which may issue such directions thereon as they may deem fit, and the Committee shall carry out such directions.
(2) The report of the Auditor and the directions issued by the State Government thereon shall be published in the prescribed manner.
2.Omitted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1451 dt. 16.9.2003 (O.A. 16 of 2003
(1) There shall be constituted a Fund to be called 'Shri Jagannath Temple Fund' which shall be vested in and be administered by the Committee 4[and save as otherwise provided in this Act, shall consist of] -
(a)the income derived from the movable and immovable properties of the Temple;
(b)any contributions by the State Government either by way of grant or by way of loan;
(c)all fines and penalties imposed under this Act;
(d)all recoveries under this Act;
(e)any other gifts or contributions made by the public, local authorities or institutions.
(2) The said Fund may be utilised for any of the purposes permitted under the Act and for all or any of the following p
All amounts due to the Temple including fines, if any, imposed under this Act, shall without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, be recoverable as arrears of land revenue on a requisition made by 2[Chief Administrator] in that behalf.
(1) The Committee may, with the approval of the-State Government, instal one or more receptacles (hereinafter referred to as Hundi) at such place or places in the Temple as it may think fit for placing of offerings by the pilgrims and devotees visiting the Temple.
(2) The Hundi shall be operated by such person and in such manner as the State Government may, from time to time, determine.
(3) Such portion of the offerings placed in a Hundi as the State Government may, from time to time direct, shall be credited to the Foundation Fund.
(4) No person shall, without being authorised by 2[Chief Administrator] in that behalf, go near or interfere in any manner with any Hundi installed in the Temple:
Provided that no such authorisation shall be required for
(1) There shall be constituted a fund called 'Shri Jagannath Temple Foundation Fund" (hereinafter referred to as the Foundation Fund) which shall vest in and be administered by the Foundation Fund Committee constituted under Sub-section (6).
(2) The Foundation Fund shall consist of all donations and contributions of an amount exceeding five hundred rupees made by any person to the Temple or in the name of any deity installed therein, other than those made for any specific purpose, and such other amounts as may be directed by the State Government.
(3) All amounts credited to the Foundation Fund shall be invested in long term fixed deposits with such banks as the State Government may approve and shall always be kept so invested, and no such fixed deposit shall be pledged or otherwise encumbered :
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Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act no suit or proceeding shall lie in any Court against the State Government or against the Committee or 1[Chief Administrator] for anything done or purported to be done by any of them under the provisions of this Act.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act the general superintendence of the Temple and its endowments shall vest in the State Government which may pass any orders that may be deemed necessary for the proper maintenance or administration of the Temple or its endowments or in the interest of the general public worshipping in the Temple.
(2) Subject to the other provisions of this Act the State Government may call for and examine the records of 1[Chief Administrator] or of the Committee in respect of any proceedings with a view to satisfy themselves as to the regularity of such proceeding or the correctness, legality or propriety of any decision or order made therein, and if in any case it appears to the State Government that any such decision or order should be modified, annulled, reversed or remitted for reconsideration, they may pass orders accordingly:
Provided that the State
(1) Whenever any person having duties to perform in respect of the Nitis of the Temple or Seva-Puja of the deity raises any claim or dispute any fails or refuses to perform such duties, knowing or having reasons to believe that the non-performance of the said duties would cause delay in the performance of the Niti or Seva-puja or inconvenience or harassment to the public or any section thereof entitled to worship in the Temple and wilfully disobeys or fails to comply with the orders of 1[Chief Administrator] directing him to perform his duties without prejudice to the results of a proper adjudication of such claim or dispute, such person or any other person who abets such conduct shall be guilty of an offence punishable on conviction with fine which may extend up to 2[five thousand rupees.]
(2) Whoever -
(a)voluntarily causes obstruction
Any police officer may arrest without a warrant any person who is committing or who is reasonably suspected to have committed any offence under this Act.
(1) No Court inferior to that of a 2[Magistrate of the First Class] shall try any offence under this Act.
(2) No Court shall take cognizance of any such offence without the previous sanction of 1[Chief Administrator].
1.Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1836 Dt. 27.12.2004(O.A. 12 of 2004).
(1) 1[Chief Administrator] may accept from any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed an offence under this Act a sum of money not exceeding -
(a)in cases coming under Clause (b) of Sub-section (2) of Section 30-A, double the amount of the value of the bhog; and
(b)in any other case, the maximum amount of fine which may be imposed in respect of the offence, by way of composition of the offence.
(2) On the payment of such sum of money the suspected person, if in custody, shall be discharged and no further proceedings shall be taken against such person.
1.Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1836 Dt. 27.12.2004(O.A. 12 of 2004).
All amounts realised on accounts of fines upon conviction for offences under this Act or as a result of composition shall be credited to the Temple Fund.
The Committee may, subject to the approval of the State Government, make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder to provide for the manner in which the duties imposed on it under this Act and its functions thereunder shall be discharged and in particular to provide for -
(a)conditions of service of office bearers and employees of the Temple;
(b)procedure for transfer of Seva-Puja, Chuti or Panti in the Temple;
(c)observance of Nitis and other usages in the Temple in the absence of specific mention in the record-of-rights;
(d)any other matter for which regulations are required to be made for purposes of this Act.
(1) The State Government may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, they shall have power to make rules with reference to -
(a)all matters expressly required or allowed by this Act to be prescribed;
(b)the manner of exercise of control by the Committee over the actions of 1[Chief Administrator];
(c)the grant of travelling or daily allowances to the members of the Committee;
(d)the performance of duties by the Committee under Section 15 and the mode and extent of expenditure under Section 28;
(e)the publication of the Administration report under Section 18;
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(1) The Committee shall be entitled to take and be in possession of all movable and immovable properties including the Ratna Bhandar and funds and jewelleries, records, documents and other assets belonging to Temple.
(2) If in obtaining such possession, the Committee or any person authorised in this behalf by the Committee is resisted or obstructed by any one, it may make a requisition in the prescribed form to any 3[Executive Magistrate] within whose jurisdiction any such property is situated to deliver its possession to the Committee; on receipt of the requisition the Magistrate shall hold a summary enquiry into the facts of the case and if satisfied that the resistance or obstruction was without any just cause, shall comply with the said requisition, and in exercising the powers under this Section the Magistrate shall be guided by the rules made under this Act.
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All public officers having custody of any record, register, report or other documents relating to the Temple or any movable or immovable property thereof shall furnish such copies of or extracts from the same as may be required by 2[Chief Administrator]
2.Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1836 Dt. 27.12.2004(O.A. 12 of 2004).
(1) No act or proceeding of the Committee or of any person acting as a member of the Committee shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of a defect in the establishment or constitution of the Committee or on the ground that any member of the Committee was not entitled to hold or continue in such office by reason of any disqualification or by reason of any irregularity or illegality in his appointment or by reason of such act having been done or proceeding taken during the period of any vacancy in the office of member of the Committee.
(2) No act or proceeding of 1[Chief Administrator] shall be deemed to be invalid by reason of only of a defect or irregularity in his appointment or on the ground that he was not entitled to hold or continue in office by reason of any disqualification.
1[Chief Administrator] and every person duly authorised by him or by the Committee shall, while acting under any of the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be public 1[Employees] within the meaning of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
1.Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1836 Dt. 27.12.2004(O.A. 12 of 2004).
If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may as occasion may require, by order do anything not inconsistent with this Act or on rules made thereunder which appears to them necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty.
APPENDIX
Provisions of the Amending Acts not incorporated in the Principal Act of 1955
1. Shri Jagannath Temple (Amendment) Act, 1961 (Orissa Act 19 of 1961).
2. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 9 of the Principal Act the term of office of the members nominated in accordance with the said Act as amended by Sub-clause (iii) of Clause (a) of Subsection (1) after the date of commencement of this Act shall end with the term of office of the members holding office on
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