Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Acts of Administrator not to be mvalidated.-No act or proceedmg of the Administrator shall be mvahdated by 1 edson only of a defect or 1rregulanty m his appomtment or on the ground that he was not entitled to hold or contmue m office by reason of any disqualificatiOn J2 Constitution of Renovation Executive Committee.- (1) Notwithslandmg an:> thmg contamed m th1s Act or m the Madras Hmdu Rehgwus and Chanlable Endowments Act, 1951 (Madras Act XIX of 1951), the Government may, 1f they con- nder It necessary m the mlerests of the affa1rs of the Temple r- and of the worshippmg public, to renovate and Improve the Temple, by notificatiOn m the Gazette, approve and recognise any Comm1ttee constituLed or to be const1tuted fnr the purpose ~- (m this sectwn referred to as the "RenovatiOn Execut1ve Com- rmttee'') (2) The RenovatiOn Executive Commtltee shall exerc1se ~uch powe;:s and discharge such functiOns m connectiOn with the renovatiOn and improvement of the Temple and shall fol- low such procedure, as may be specified hy the Government by notification m the Gazette (3) The Renovatwn Executive Committee shall con- stitute a fund to be called the "Sree Guruvayoor Renovation Fund'' which shall be administered l;>y the RenovatiOn Exe- cutive Committee subJect to such directions as the fiovern- ment may from time to time 1ssue (4) The fund shall cons1st of all contnbutwns rece1ved by the RenovatiOn Executive Comm1ttee for the specific pur- pose of renovatwn and Improvement of the Temple 1 (5) The fund shall be utilised for the renovation <tnd unprovement of the Temple and for mc1dental purposes m- cludmg the mamtemmce of the ncce.-sary establishments , anrl any unspent amount o t 1 he fund shall be transferred tO' the Temple Fund. • , 39 (6) The Government shall every year appomt an audtLOI to audit the accounts nf the Renovation Executive Commtttee [nd fix his remuneratiOn (7) The remuneratiOn to the auditor shall be pa1d from the Sree Guruvayoor RenovatiOn Fund (8) 'L'he auditor shall subm1t h1s report to the RenovatiOn Executive Comm1ttee and send a copy of It to the Gove1 n- .11\::nt, and thereupon the Government may 1ssue ~uch dlrec- t,ons then·on as they deem fit, and that Comm1ttee shall com- ply w1th ·,uch d1rectwns (9) The report of the audttor and the d1rectwn" ISsued hy I he Government thereon shall be published 111 the p1 e<;- cn bed manner 33 Savings.-Nothmg m Lh1s Act shall. save: as otherwtsc expressly provided m th1s Act or the rules made thereunder, affect any honour. emolument or perqu1s1te to wh1ch any person IS entitled by custom or otherw1se from or m the Devaswom, or 11 s estauli<>hed usage m regard to any othc·t 1 r>atter. 34 Removal of difficulties.-If any d1fficulty CJn~es m diVIng effect to the provisiOns of th1s Act, the Government may. ,,c; occaswn may reqwre, by order, do anythmg not mcons1stent wtth th1s Act or the rules made thereunder, whtch appears to 'J,em necessary for the purpose of removmg the d1fficulty 35 Applicahon of Madras Act XIX of 1951.-(1) The provi~tons of the Madras Hmdu Rehgwus and Chantable En- nowments Act, l!"l51 (Madras Act XIX of 1951}, shall, except 111 respect of matt-ers for wh1ch prov1s1ons have been made m th1s Act, apply to the Devaswom (2) Sub~·2ct to the prOVISions of th1s Act, any reference 111 any provlSlon of the Madras Hmdu Rehgwus and Chant- c>ble Endowments Act·, 1951 (Madras Act XIX of 1951), to the trustee or trustees or the Board of Trustees shall, m the ap- p1tcatwn of that proviSIOn to the Devaswom, be construed as d reference to the Comm1ttee 36 Scheme framed for the Temple not to apply.-The ~cfleme framed for the Temple by the H1gh Court of Madras - - - - 40 m Appeals Nos. 211 and 212 of 1930, a~ modtfied by the Dtstnct Court, South Malabar, m 0 S No. 1 of 1933, shall cease to apply to the Temple 37 Repeal and saving.-(1) The Guruvayoor Devaswom Ordmance, 1971 (12 of 1971}, lS h€reby repealed. (2) Notwtthstandmg such repeal, anythmg done or any action taken under the satd Ordmance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under thts Act. •