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Substituted by Act No.33 of 2007. Padakanukas and other gifts. Removal of mathadhipathi. [Act No. 30 of 1987] 63 (c) has ceased to profess the Hindu religion or the tenets of the math; (d) has been sentenced for any offence involving moral turpitude, such sentence not having been reversed; (e) is guilty of breach of trust, or mis-appropriation in respect of any of the properties of the math; (f) commits persistent and wilful default in the exercise of his powers or performance of his functions under this Act; (g) violates any of the restrictions imposed or practices enjoined by the custom, usage or the tenets of the math, in relation to his personal conduct, such as celibacy, renunciation and the like; (h) leads an immoral life; or (i) fails or ignores to implement the principles set out in clause (17) of section 2. (2) The 49[Dharmika Parishad] shall frame a charge on any of the grounds specified in sub-section (1) against the mathadhipathi or trustee concerned and give him an opportunity of meeting such charge, of testing the evidence adduced and of adducing evidence in his favour. After considering the evidence adduced and other material before him, the 49[Dharmika Parishad] may, by order exonerate the mathadhipathi or trustee, or remove him. Every such order shall state the charge framed against the mathadhipathi or the trustee, his explanation and the finding on such charge together with the reasons therefor: