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This Act came into force with effect from 18th July, 2014 vide Haryana Government, Home Department, notification No. S.0.79/H.A.22/2014/5.1/2014, dated the 18th July, 2014. 44 SIKH GURDWARAS (MANAGEMENT) [2014 : Hr. Act 22 (e) “Gurdwara” means the Sikh Gurdwara situated in the State as were, immediately before the appointed day, being managed by or affiliated to any Board, Committee or Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and were being governed under the management, control and supervision of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 or any other corresponding law, if any, on the subject and also includes historical Sikh Gurdwaras, notified Sikh Gurdwaras or a local Gurdwaras. Explanation 1.—A historical Gurdwara means a Gurdwara which has some history connected with any of the ten Sikh Gurus and are as mentioned in Schedule I. Explanation 2.— Notified Gurdwara means a Gurdwara which has annual income of more than rupees twenty lacs as mentioned in Schedule II. (f) “Gurdwara property” means,- (i) all movable and immovable property of a Gurdwara or any institution which, immediately before the appointed day vested or was kept in deposit in the name of any Board, Trust, Committee, Gurdwara Management or was being regulated under the provisions of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 or rules made thereunder; (ii) all offerings in cash or kind made to various Gurdwaras or institutions managed or controlled by any Committee, Board, Trust or regulated under the provisions of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 immediately before the appointed day; (iii) all property in cash or kind, movable or immovable that may be acquired, purchased, exchanged or otherwise kept under the management of Gurdwaras or the Committee or the Trust or Board, from time to time; (iv) all grants, donations, contributions or offerings made, from time to time, by any person(s) or authority or any juristic person to the Gurdwaras or the committee and also includes any actionable claim or a negotiable instrument with respect to any such Gurdwara or any property under its control; (g) “local Gurdwara” means a Gurdwara within the State of Haryana mentioned in Schedule III other than a historical Gurdwara and notified Gurdwara as shown in Schedule I and II respectively; (h) “Executive Board” means an Executive Board elected under section 16 of the Act; 2014: Hr. Act 22] SIKH GURDWARAS (MANAGEMENT) 45 (i) “Amritdhari Sikh” means a Sikh who has taken Khande-Ka- Amrit or Khande-Ka-Pauhal prepared and administered according to the tenets of the Sikh religion and rites at the hands of five Piaras and beloved ones; (j) “Sikh” means a person who professes the Sikh religion, believes and follows the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and the ten Gurus only and keeps unshorn hair. For the purposes of this Act, if any question arises as to whether any person is or is not a Sikh, he shall be deemed respectively to be or not to be a Sikh accordingly as he makes or refuses to make in the manner, as may be prescribed, the following declaration – “I solemnly affirm that I am a Keshadhari Sikh, that I believe in and follow the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and ten Gurus only, and that I have no other religion”; (k) “Sehajdhari Sikh” means a person, who performs ceremonies according to Sikh rites, does not use tobacco or Kutha (Halal meat) and who can recite ‘Mool-mantra’; (l) “Patit” means a keshdhari Sikh who trims or shaves his beard or hair (Keshas) or who after taking Amrit commits anyone or more of the four Kurahits (Prohibitions); (m) “registered Singh Sabha” means a Singh Sabha registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860), which is managing or controlling a local Gurdwara in Haryana; (n) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act by the Committee; (o) “rules” means the rules made under this Act by the State Government; (p) “electoral roll” means a list of eligible voters maintained by the Commissioner Gurdwara Elections, from time to time, as per the eligibility criteria of a voter; (q) “eligibility criteria of voter” means an Amritdhari Sikh, a Sikh, who is eighteen years of age, but not a Patit Sikh and is not an insolvent, mentally retarded or an insane person: Provided that any person registered as a voter has no right to contest the Gurdwara Elections except an Amritdhari Sikh: (r) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations, as the case may be; and (s) “Schedule” means schedule appended to this Act. 46 SIKH GURDWARAS (MANAGEMENT) [2014 : Hr. Act 22 CHAPTER - II THE COMMITTEE Establishment of the Committee.