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Budget.-(1) The Admimstrator shall every year prepare m such manner and m such form as may be prescribed a budget estimate of the receipts and expenditure of the Devaswom for the following year and place it before the Com- mittee whtch may approve it without modificatiOn or with such modificatiOns as 1t may deem tit (2) The budget, after the approval of the Committee under sub-sectiOn (1), shall be submitted to the Government through the Commissioner before such date as may be fix.:d by the Government m that behalf. (3) The Commts..,toner shall submit the budget to the Government wtth his n·commendatwns before such date as may be fixed by the Government m that behalf. (4) Before sanct1omng a budget, the Government 5h-lll sat1sfy themselves that adequate provtston has been made m the budget for the mamtenance of the prescnbed working balance and for meetmg the habilihes of the Devaswom (5) If the budget does not provtde for the matters men- tJoned m sub-sectwn (4), the Government may modify any part of the budget so as to ensure that such provisions are made (6) The deciSion of the Government sanctiOning the budget, 5Ubject to modificahons, If any, shall be communicat- ed to the Committee through the Commtsswner at lea~t fifteen days in advanc~ of the commencement of the year t'J whtch the budget reldtrs, and m the absence of such com- mumcation before the end of the precedmg financial year, the•budget shall be deemed to have been sanctwned m pur- su&nce of this sectwn. 3{23-3 34 22 Revised or supplementary budget.-If m the course of any year the Committee considers It necessary to modify the figures shown m the budget with regard to Its receipts or expenditure, It may submit a supplementary or revised budget to the Government through the CommiSSioner Provtded that no alteratwn shall be made m the workmg balance Without the consent of the Government 23 Audit.-The Commisswner shall forward to the.> Government- ( a) a copy of every audtt report relatmg to the :lccounts of the Devaswom sent to him by the auditor under sectiOn 72 of the Madras Hmdu Rehgious and Chantab;~ Endo·..vments Act, 1951 (Madras Act XIX of 1951), and (b) a copy of hts order under sub-sectwn (3) of sect10n 7-l of the said Act with the reasons for the same CHAPTER V GENERAL 24 Temple Fund.-(1) There shall be constituted a fund to be called "Sree Gmuvayaar Temple Fund" whtch shall be 'e&ted m and be admtmstered by the Committee (2) The fund shall consist of- (a) the mcomc denved from the movJble :md im- movable properties of the Devaswom, (b) any contnbutwns by the Government e1the1 by w.-ty of grant or by way of loan , (c) all fines and penalt1es tmposed under th1s Act ; (d) all recovenes under thts Act , and (e) any other gifts or contnbutwn& made by the pubhc, local authontres or mstttut10ns, other than the con- tr•butwns referred to m sub-sectton (4) of st-::lton .)2 (3) The fund m:.1y be utilised for any o[ the purpoc;~s prescribed under lhts Act and for all or any of the followm~ purposes. namely - (a) mamtenance (mcludmg repairs and recomh uc- tlon), management and admmtstratwn of the Temple, 11 f JUO- perties and the temples subordmate thereto; I 1 35 (b) training of archakas to perform the reltgious worship and ceremomes m the Temple and the temples sub- ordmate thereto, (c) medical relief, water supply and other banttary arrangements for the worshippers and the pilgnms and con- structwn of buildmgs for their accommoda'twn; (d) culture anrl propagatiOn of the tenets and philo- ~ophy associated With the Temple; (e) any other work or undertaking for the purpoc;ec; nf the Devaswom authonsed by the Governm~:?"lt, so long as c;uch authonsatwn sub!'tsts, and (f) With the prevtous sanctwn of the Gov~rnment, for the establishment and mamtenance of, or the making of any grant or contnbmwn to, any poor-home 0r other sim1lar mstitution 25 Revision by Government.-(1) The Government may call for and examme the records of the Admmistrator or of the Committee or of the CommiSSIOner to sal1sfy themselves as to the regulanty of such proceedmgs or of the correctnf>ss. legality or propnety of any dectswn or order made theretn, and 1f m any case It appears to the Government that any such decisiOn or order should be modified, annulled, revised or re- mitted for reconsideratiOn, they may pass orders accordmgly. (2) The Government may stay the execution of ~:ny C<"CJSIOn or order referred to m sub-sectwn (l) pending the exercise of their power under that sub-section in respect the-reof 26 Rules.-( I) The Government may, by notd'icatwn in the Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of th1s Act (2) In parl!cular. and without preJudice to the genera- lity of the foregomg pr;wer, such rules may p1 ovide for-- (a) the manner of exerctse of control by the Com- Pllttee over the actwns of the Administrator; (b) the grant of travelling or dally allowances to the :Pembers of the Committee , (c) the performance of duties by the Commiltee under "cct Ion 10 and the mode and extent of expendtture under , .... ctl~n 24. (d) the cond1t10ns of service of the Admmistrator; 3/23-3a 36 (e) the publicat10n of the administralwn report under scctwn 13, (f) the custody of records and properties of the ;)evaswom, (g) the payment of contnbutwns towards the leave allowances, penswn and provtdent fund of the Admtmstrator ; .:j. (h) the preparatiOn of the budget estimate:> for the Devaswom; (1) the acceptance of 5uppl!es, preparation and sanct10n of estimates tenders in respect of pubhc works and - and for (J) the custody and mvestment of the Temple Fund hy the Committee, and (k) any other matter whtch has lo be, or may be, prescnbed (3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after 1t IS made before the Legislative Assem- bly while It IS m sessiOn for a total penod of fourteen days which may be compnsed m one sess10n or m two successtve sesswns, and 1f, before the expiry of the sess10n m which It IS so latd or the sessiOn Immediately tollowmg, the Legislative Assembly makes any moddl.catwn m the rule or decides that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only m such modtfied form or be of no effect, as the case may be ; so however that any such modificatiOn or an- nulment shall be without prejudice to 1 he valJdily )[ :my- thmg pre~wusly done under that rule