II. (1). All laws for the time being in force in the Gurgaon District of the Punjab are hereby extended to the portion of the aforesaid land which lies in the States of Nabha and Pataudi. (2). The Deputy Commissioner of the Gurgaon District, and the Commissioner of the Delhi Division, and the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, for the time being, shall respec tively exercise, within this portion of the aforesaid land, the same executive powers as they may respectively exercise within the British territories subject to their administration. (3). All British Courts having jurisdiction within the Gurgaon District, shall exercise the same jurisdiction within this portion of the aforesaid land. (4). Within this portion of the aforesaid land, the administration of the police shall be vested in the Superintendent and an Assistant Superintendent of the Police on the Rajputana-Malwa Railway System. These officers shall exercise respectively the same police powers as may be exercised by District Superintendents and Assistant District Superintendents of Police under any law for the time being in force in the Gurgaon District, in subordination to the Deputy Commissioner of the Gurgaon District and the Inspector-General of Police in the Punjab. III. This notification supersedes the undermentioned notifications of the Government of India in the Foreign Department : (a). Notification No. 2134 G., dated the 15th October 1875 (Part I only relating to Indore Territory south of the Nerbudda). (b). Notification No. 234 A.I.J., dated the 28th November 1881. (No. 1007 1, dated 18th March 1884, Gazette of India of 22nd idem). V. Whereas the Raja of Keonthal has granted to the British Government full jurisdiction within a tract of land adjoining the Municipality of Simla, and more particularly described in the Schedule hereto annexed: In exercise of such jurisdiction and of the powers conferred by Sections 4 and 5 of Act XXI of 1879 (The Foreign Jurisdiction and Extradition Act), and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor-General in Council is pleased to notify as follows: (1) Except as hereinafter provided, all laws, regulations, rules, bye-laws, and orders for the time being in force in the Municipality of Simla, in the Simla District of the Punjab, sbail also be in force in the aforesaid tract of land. (2) The Deputy Commissioner of the Simla District, the Commissioner of the Delhi Division, the Financial Commissioner of the Punjab, and the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab and its Dependencies, for the time being, and the Chief Court of the Punjab, respectively, shall exercise within the aforesaid tract of land the same executive powers as they may respectively exercise within the British territories subject to their jurisdiction. (3) All British Courts established within the Municipality of Simla, shall, within the aforesaid tract of land, exercise the jurisdiction which they are, from time to time, respectively, empowered to exercise within the limits of the said Municipality, (4) Within the aforesaid tract of land the administration of police shall be vested in the District Superintendent of Police of the Simla District, who shall exercise the same police powers as may be exercised by him under any law, rule, regulation, bye-law, or order for the time being in force in the Simla Municipality, in subordination to the Deputy Commissioner of the Simla District, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police of the Umballa Circle, the Inspector-General of Police in the Punjab, and the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab and its Dependencies. (5) Unless and until the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab so directs, the Punjab Municipal Act (Act XIII of 1884) and the regulations, rules, bye-laws, or orders made under the said Act, shall not extend to the aforesaid tract of land. The Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab may, by notification in the official Gazette extend with or without such modification as he thinks fit, the whole or any part of the said Act, or of any regulations, rules, bye-laws, or orders made under the said Act to the aforesaid tract.t (6) All officers serving under the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, who exercise any authority or jurisdiction within the limits of the said Municipality, shall, if required by the Deputy Commissioner of the Simla District, or the Commissioner of the Delhi Division, also exercise such authority or jurisdiction within the +Such power may be exercised from time to time as occasion requires, and the Lientsnant-Governor may at any time revoke or vary a Notification issued in exercise of such power. (No. 3494 1, dated 15th October 1885, Ganette of Indià of 17th idem, Part I, page 584). aforesaid tract of land in subordination to the same control that regulate the exercise of that authority or jurisdiction within the limits of the said Municipality. SCHEDULE. The tract of land comprising an area of 49 acres, 1 pole, 27 yards, and delineated on the plan annexed to the lease executed by the Raja of Keouthal on the 24th October 1884. (No. 1516 I, dated 15th May 1885, Gazette of India of 16th idem). V (a). In the exercise of the power delegated to him by the Governor-General in Council in the fifth clause of the Notification of the Government of India, Foreign Department, No. 1516 I., dated the 15th May 1885, the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to extend to the tract of land to which that notification relates, the Punjab Municipal Act, 1884, subject to the modifications hereinafter mentioned, and the Rules Regulations, Bye-laws and Orders now in force in the Municipality of Simla, so far as those Rules, Regulations, Bye-laws and Orders can be made applicable. 2. The modifications of the said Act are the following, namely :— (1) Unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, (a) "Municipality" shall mean the said tract of land ; (b) "Local Government" shall mean the Government of the Punjab and its Dependencies; (c) "Official Gazette" shall mean the Gazette of that Government; and (d) "Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of the Delhi Division. (2) A Municipal Committee shall not be established for the Municipality, but the Deputy Commissioner of Simla, for the time being, shall, within and for the Municipality, have all the powers of a Municipal Committee under the said Act, and all expressions in that Act referring to a Municipal Committee or to any member thereof, shall, for the purposes of the said Act, be construed so far as the nature of the case permits, as referring to the said Deputy Commissioner. (3) The Municipality shall be deemed to be a place in which a tax on buildings and lands not exceeding ten per cent. on the annual value may be imposed under Section 39 of the said Act. (4) Notwithstanding anything in the said Act or in any Rule, Regulation, Bye-law or Order, octroi shall not be payable in the Municipality in respect of animals or goods on which octroi has been paid in the Municipality of Simla. (5) Notwithstanding anything in Section 68 of the said Act, the said Deputy Commissioner may pay annually out of the Municipal Fund to the Municipal Committee of Simla and the Raja of Keonthal such sums as the Local Government may direct. (6) The Municipal Fund shall be kept in the Government treasury at Simla. (7) The tax at the rate of ten rupees per two thousand five hundred square yards or fraction of two thousand five hundred square yards, referred to in Section 177 of the said Act, may be imposed and assessed in the said tract of land, so far as may be, by the procedure prescribed by the Act for the imposition and assessment of taxes on immoveable property; and the tax when so imposed and assessed, shall be leviable in addition to any other tax leviable under the Act. (No. 1335 S. dated 16th September 1885, Punjab Gazette of 17th idem, Part I A., page 82). V (b).-It is hereby notified that the Deputy Commissioner of Simia, with the previous sanction of the Local Government, under Section 47 of Act XIII of 1884, has made the following rule in the matter of the dates on which the House, Ground, Frontage, Vehicle, Animal, and Servants' Taxes shall be payable in the Municipality of Kasumti : The imposition of taxes in the Municipality of Kasumti having been sanctioned by the Punjab Government, it is hereby notified that the said taxes will be payable on the following dates The above rule has been confirmed by the Lieutenant-Governor, and shall come into force on the 1st March 1886. In accordance with the directions of the Lieutenant-Governor given in this behalf, it is hereby published in the Punjab Government Gazette during the interval between the date aforesaid and the date of the publication of this Notification. (No. 124, dated 17th February 1886, Punjab Gazette of 18th idem, Part I A., page 186). VI. Whereas His Highness the Raja of Nabha and His Highness the Raja of Faridkot have granted to the British Government full jurisdiction within the lands which lie within their respective States and are occupied, or may be hereafter occupied by the Rewari-Ferozepore State Railway, including the lands occupied as stations, out-buildings, and for other purposes connected with the railway within their territories: In exercise of this jurisdiction, and of the powers confered by Sections 4 and 5 of the Foreign Jurisdiction and Extradition Act, 1879, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor-General in Council is pleased to issue the following Notification ; 1. All laws for the time being in force in the Ferozepore District of the Punjab are hereby extended to the aforesaid lands. 2. The Deputy Commissioner of the Ferezepore District, the Commissioner of the Jullundur Division, the Financial Commissioner of the Punjab, and the Lieutenant. Governor of the Punjab and its Dependencies for the time being shall respectively have within the aforesaid lands the same executive powers as they may respectively exercise within the British territories subject to their administration. 3. British Courts having jurisdiction within the Ferozepore District may exercise within the aforesaid lands the jurisdiction which they respectively exercise within the said district. 4. Within the aforesaid lands the administration of the police shall be vested in the Assistant Inspector-General of Railway Police, or such other officer as the said Lieutenant-Governor may appoint, by name or in virtue of his office, in that behalf. The Assistant Inspector-General or other officer as aforesaid shall have the same police powers as may be exercised by the District Superintendent of Police under any law for the time being in force in the Ferozepore District, in subordination to the Deputy Commissioner of the Ferozepore District and the Inspector-General of Police in the Punjab. (No. 2925 I, dated 28th August 1885, Gazette of India of 29th idem). VII. Whereas His Highness the Maharaja of Patiala, His Highness the Raja of Nabha and His Highness the Raja of Kapurthala have ceded to the British Government full jurisdic tion within the lands which lie within their respective States and are occupied by the North Western Railway, till lately called the Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway, (including the land occupied as stations, out-buildings, and for other purposes connected with the Railway within their territories): In exercise of this jurisdiction, and of the powers conferred by Sections and 5 of the Foreign Jurisdiction and Extradition Act, 1879, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor-General in Council is pleased to issue the following notifi cation: I.-(1). The provisions, so far as they may be applicable, of all laws for the time being (3). All British Courts having jurisdiction within the Ludhiana District shall have II.-(1). The provisions, so far as they may be applicable, of all laws for the time being in force in the Umballa District of the Punjab, are hereby extended to the por tions of the aforesaid lands which lie in the Nabha State or in any sub-division of the Patiala State other than the Pail Tahsi!. (2). The Deputy Commissioner of the Umballa District and the Commissioner of the Delbi Division, for the time being, shall have within these portions of the aforesaid lands the same executive powers as they have, respectively, within the British territories subject to their administration. (3). All British Courts having jurisdiction within the Umballa District shall have within these portions of the aforesaid lands the jurisdiction which they have, respectively, within the said district. III-(1). The provisions, so far as they may be applicable, of all laws for the time being in force in the Jullundur District of the Punjab, are hereby extended to the portion of the aforesaid land which lies in the Kapurthala State. (2). The Deputy Commissioner of the Jullundur District and the Commissioner of the Jullundar Division, for the time being, shall have within this portion of the afore. said lands the same executive powers as they have, respectively, within the British territories subject to their administration. (3). All British Courts having jurisdiction within the Jullundur District shall have within this portion of the aforesaid lands the jurisdiction which they have, respectively, within the said district. IV.-The Financial Commissioners of the Punjab, and the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab and its Dependencies, for the time being, shall have within all the aforesaid lands the same executive powers as they have, respectively, within the British territories subject to their administration. 7. Within all the aforesaid lands the administration of the Police shall be vested in the Assistant Inspector-General of Railway Police, or such other officer or officers as the said Lieutenant-Governor may appoint, by name or in virtue of office, in that behalf; and the Assistant Inspector-General or other officer or officers as aforesaid shall have within the several portions of the said lands, in subordination to the Deputy Commissioner having jurisdiction therein, and to the Inspector-General of Police of the Punjab, all the powers which the District Superintendent of Police has for the time being in the Ludhiana, Umballa, or Jullundur District, as the case may be. (No. 1503 I, dated 7th May 1886, Gazette of India of 8th idem). VIII. Whereas His Highness the Nawab of Bahawalpur, on the 19th July 1886, ceded to the British Government, in full sovereignty, certain lands which now form part of the Railway station at Khanpur of the North-Western Railway, the Governor-General in Council is pleased, in exercise of the power vested in him by the Statute 28 and 29 Victoria, chapter 17, Section 4, to declare that the lands shall be subject to the Lieutenant Governorship of the Punjab. (No. 1018 I, dated 25th February 1887, Gazette of India of 16th idem). IX.-As regards powers and jurisdiction (Civil and Criminal) over land occupied by the Kandahar State Railway, see Government of India Notifications Nos. 947 E. and 948 E, dated 12th May 1883 (Gazette of India of 19th idem, Part I, page 220). X. As regards jurisdiction and powers in the Khyber Pass, and lands adjoining, see Nos. 1134 E. P. and 2135 E. P., dated 2nd July 1880, as modified by No. 1085 F., dated 15th June 1886. XI.-The Railway Act and the Contract Act have been extended to lands occupied by the S. P. and D. Railway, the Indus Valley State Railway, and the Rajputana Railway. See Note (c) to Act IV of 1879. The Railway Act, 1879, (subject to certain modifications) and the Sindh Pishin Railway Act, 1887, have been extended to that part of the Sindh Pishin section of the North-Western See Note (d) to Act 1 of Railway which lies within the territories of the Khan of Khelat. 1879. Section 34 of the Police Act (V of 1861), has also been extended to (a) the Bazars in the Bolan; (b) the Bazars in the Harnai Route; and (c) the Civil bazars attached to the fort of Peshin, and the frontier posts at Sibi and Thal Chotiali. See Note (d) to Section 34 of Act V of 1861, ante p. 146. The same section has been extended to the bazaar of Quetta. ? (No. 2441 E, dated 29th October 1886, Gazette of India of 30th idem Pt. I, p. 618). See also Notes (c) and (d) to Section 27, Act XII of 1882. l'reamble. ACT No. I of 1880. (Passed on the 9th January 1880). An Act to confer certain powers on Religious Societies. Whereas it is expedient to simplify the manner in which certain bodies of persons associated for the purpose of maintaining religious worship may hold property acquired for such purpose, and to provide for the dissolution of such bodies and the adjustment of their affairs and for the decision of certain questions relating to such bodies; It is hereby enacted as follows: Short title. 1. This Act may be called "The Religious Societies Act, 1880." Commencement. It shall come into force at once; and Local extent. shall extend to the whole of British India; but nothing herein contained shall apply to any Hindus, Muhammadans or Buddhists, or to any persons whom the Governor-General in Council may, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India, exclude from the operation of this Act. 2. Appointment of new When any body of persons associated for trustee in cases not other. the purpose of maintaining religious worship has wise provided for. acquired, or hereafter shall acquire, any property, and such property has been or hereafter shall be vested in trustees in trust for such body, and it becomes necessary to appoint a new trustee in the place of or in addition to any such trustee or any trustee appointed in the manner hereinafter prescribed, and no manner of appointing such new trustee is prescribed by any instrument by which such property was so vested or by which the trusts on which it is held have been declared, or such new trustee cannot for any reason be appointed in the manner so prescribed, Appointment under Section 2 to be recorded in a memorandum under the hand of the chairman of the meeting. such new trustee may be appointed in such manner as may be agreed upon by such body, or by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of such body actually present at the meeting at which the appointment is made. 4. When any new Property to vest in new trustees without convey. ance. Such memorandum shall be in the form set forth in the schedule hereto annexed, or as near thereto as circumstances allow, shall be exe cuted and attested by two or more credible witnesses in the presence of such meeting, and shall be deemed to be a document of which the registra tion is required by the Indian Registration Act, 1877, section seventeen. trustees have been appointed, whether in the manner prescribed by any such instrument as aforesaid or in the manner hereinbefore provided, the property subject to the trust shall forthwith, notwithstanding anything contained in any such instrument, become vested, without any conveyance or other assurance, in such new trustees, and the old continuing trustees jointly, or, if there are no old continuing trustees, in such new trustees wholly, upon the same trusts, and with and subject to the same powers and provisions, as it was vested in the old trustees. Saving of existing modes of appointment and con veyance. 6. Any number Provision for dissolution of societies and adjustment of their affairs. 3. Every appointment of new trustees under section two shall be made to appear by some memorandum under the hand of the Chairman for the time being of the meeting at which such appointment is made. 5. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to invalidate any appoint ment of new trustees, or any conveyance of any property, which may hereafter be made as heretofore was by law required. not less than three-fifths of the members of any such body as aforesaid may, at a meeting convened for the purpose, determine that such body shall be dissolved and thereupon it shall be dissolved forthwith, or at he time then agreed upon; and all necessary steps shall be taken for the disposal and settlement of the property of such body, its claims and lia |