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(1) The dedication of awomtu.1 as a devadasi, . whether before or after the conlinencement of this ful. Act and whether she has consented to such dedication or not, is hereby declared unlawful and void ; and any woman so dedicated shall not thereby be deemed to have become incapable of entering into a valid I - marriage . Nothing contained in this sub-section shall be deemed to affect the operation of 2[section 34 of the Madras Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments ~ c t Acb, 1951*] or the rights to which a devadasi is of entitled under that section.