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Powcr to rcillo~e ~I.~li:ulties. '.I. ( Repealed. ) - 7 - 1 . ( R epcaled .) 1947: T.N. Act Vj ~emple ~uthorlza~on 959 . *FAMIL NADU] ACI' No. V OF 1947'. [THE '(TAMIL NADU) TBMPLE ENTRY AUTHORIZAT~ON ACT, 1947.1 i i (Received the assent of the Gov@or-@enerol on the 1 1 th May 1947 ; Jirst published in the Fort St. George I Gazette of the 13th May 1947). I An Act to authorize entry into Hindu temples in the 3[State of Tamil Nadu] and the offer of worship therein by 4[all classes of Hindus]. I WHEREAS it is the policy of the '[State Government] to - , , remove the disabihies imposed Y ] on certain classes of Hindus against entry into Hindu temples in the '[State] 7 1; AND WHEREAS the 5[State Government] are satisfied, from the rapidity with which, under pressure of Hindu pt~blic opinion, a number of temples have been thrown These words weresubstituted for the word "Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of LJWS (Second Amendment) Order, 1969. 2 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Fort St. George Gnzerte, dated the 28th January 1917, Part IV-A, pages 93-94. This Act was extcnded to the merged State of Pudukkottai by sectron 3 of, and tile First Schcdulc to, the Tamil Nadu Merged States (Laws)Act, 1949 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXV of 1949). 3 This expression was substituted for the expression "Provincs of Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adalptation of Laws Order, 1970, which was deemed to liavc come into force on the 14th January 1969. 4 These words were substituted lor the words "certain classes of Hindu?, who by custom or usage are excluded from such entry and worship" by section 2(1) of the Madras Teniple Entry Authorization 1 (Amendment) Act, 1949 (Madras Act XI11 of 1949). 6 This expression was subst~tuted for the expression "Provincial Government" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970. "he words "by custom or usage" were omitted by section 2 (2) of the Madras Temple Entry Authori+~tion (Amendment) Act, 1949 (Madras Act XI11 of 1949). 1 7 This word was substituted for the word r'Province'' by paragraph 4 of, and the Schedule to, the Tamil Nddu Adaptation oiLaws Order, 1 1970, which was deemcd to have come into force on the 14th January 1