Jammu and Kashmir Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Act, 2008
No: 4 Dated: Feb, 14 2008
THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR SHRI SHIV KHORI SHRINE ACT, 2008
(Act No. IV of 2008)
An Act to provide for the better management, administration and governance of Shri Shiv Khori Shrine and its endowments including the lands and buildings attached, or appurtenant, to the Shrine and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Act, 2008.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Government Gazette, appoint.
2. Act to over-ride other laws. - This Act shall have effect, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in force or in any scheme of management, order, decree, custom, usage or instrument.
3. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Board" means the Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board constituted under this Act;
(b) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of Board;
(c) "Endowment" means all property, movable or immovable belonging to, or given or endowed for the maintenance, improvement, additions to, or worship in the Shrine or for the performance of any service or charity connected therewith and includes idols installed therein, the premises of the Shrine and gifts of property made to anyone within the precincts of the Shrine and lands and buildings attached or appurtenant thereto, beginning from Ransoo up to the holy cave and the adjoining hillocks currently under the management of the Shri Shiv Khori Temple Board ;
(d) "Government" means the Government of Jammu and Kashmir ;
(e) "Member" means member of the Board and includes the Chairperson ;
(f) "Prescribed" means prescribed by the Bye-laws made under this Act ;
(g) "Shrine Fund" means the endowment and includes all sums received by or on behalf of, or for the time being held for the benefit of the Shrine, and also includes all the endowments which have been, or may hereafter be, made for the benefit of the Shrine or any other deity thereof in the name of any person, or for the convenience, comfort or benefit of the pilgrims thereto, as well as offerings made to any of the deities comprised in the Shrine;
(h) "The Shrine" means the Shrine of Shiv Khori and includes the Shrine, holy cave and the other temples within the premises specified in the preamble of this Act ;
(i) "Vice-Chairperson" means the Vice-Chairperson of the Board.
4. Vesting of Shrine Fund. - The ownership of the Shrine Fund shall, from the commencement of this Act, vest in the Board and the Board shall be entitled to its possession and use for purposes of this Act.