Hindu Endowments (Amendment) Bill

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The Board shall consist of —

a Chairman;

a Vice-Chairman;

a Finance member; and

not less than 8 and not more than 12 other members,all of whom shall be appointed by the Minister.”; and

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) The members of the Board shall be eligible for reappointment except that a Finance member shall not be appointed for more than two consecutive terms as a Finance member but may, at the end of the second consecutive term, be appointed in any capacity in the Board except as a Finance member.”.

by inserting, immediately after the word “Chairman” in subsection (1), the words “and in his absence the Vice-Chairman”;

by deleting the words “In his absence” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “In the absence of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman,”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) The proceedings of the Board shall be secret and no member or employee thereof shall disclose or divulge to any person, other than the Minister or any person authorised by the Minister or any member of the Board, any fact or matter which has been disclosed or arisen at any meeting unless he is authorised by the Board in writing or he is ordered by a court to do so.”.

Subject to such directions as may be given to him by the Chairman, the Secretary of the Board shall have charge of all correspondence and documents of the Board, including all title deeds, and shall in all other respects carry out such duties as may be imposed upon him by this Act or allotted to him by direction of the Board.(2) The Finance member shall have charge of all books of account of the Board and shall be responsible for the proper collection of, accounting for and disposal of all funds of the Board.”.

The Board may from time to time appoint committees, other than a committee of management referred to in section 18, consisting of one or more persons (whether members of the Board or not) for the purpose of advancing its objectives.(2) The Board may define and vary the terms of reference of such committees and alter and discharge such committees.(3) Subject to this Act and to the control of the Board, a committee appointed under this section may regulate its own procedure.Power to acquire, develop, etc., property15B.—

The Board may —

enter into contracts and may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy any property movable and immovable;

solely or in partnership, erect any building on or develop any immovable property vested in, belonging to or acquired by the Board; and

convey, assign, surrender and yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign, lease, sub-lease or licence, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property vested in, belonging to or acquired by the Board upon such terms as the Board thinks fit.(2) A property vested in the Board may be developed, disposed of or otherwise dealt with by the Board in the manner provided under subsection (1)(b) and (c) notwithstanding section 17 or a trust or condition (express or implied) prohibiting or restricting such development, disposal of or other dealing with the property.”.

by deleting the words “4 other persons” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “7 other persons”;

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) Every such committee shall meet at least once a month and the quorum at all meetings of the committee shall be 4 members present.”; and

by deleting the words “, but no member, other than a member of the Board, shall be appointed for more than two consecutive terms” in subsection (4).

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c)(ii); and

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (d) and substituting the words “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(e)promote or undertake publicity in any form.”.