THE SIKH GURDWARAS = ACT, 1925

^{^[1]}For statement of = objects and=20 reasons, see Punjab = Gazette, 1925,=20 Extraordinary, dated 25th April, 1925; for the Report of the Select = Committee,=20 see Punjab Gazette, 1925,=20 Extraordinary, dated 20th June, 1925, and for proceedings in Council, = see Punjab=20 Legislative Council Debates, Volume VIII, pages 1102-21, 1155 and=20 1295-97.

^{^[2]}This Act received = the assent=20 of the Acting Governor-General on 28th July, 1925; and, was published in = the Punjab Gazette, Part I, dated; = 7th=20 August, 1925, pages 494-543.

^{^[3]}This Act came into = force on=20 the 1st day of November, 1925, see=20 notification No. 4288-S, dated 12th October, 1925, in the Punjab Gazette, 1925, Part I, = Page=20 712.

^{^[4]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[5]}Pb. Act VI of=20 1922.

^{^[6]}Clause (3) = renumbered as=20 sub-clause (3) (i) and = sub-clause (ii) inserted by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section 2.

^{^[7]}Ibid.

^{^[8]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[9]}V of = 1898.

^{^[10]}Ibid

^{^[11]}Clause (9) was = substituted by=20 section 2 of the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930). The amendment shall be = applicable to=20 all claims, petitions and suits in which the recording of evidence has = not been=20 concluded before the tribunal at the commencement of this Act, vide section 11 of the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930).

^{^[12]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[13]}Clauses (10) and = (11)=20 inserted and original clauses (10), (11) and (12) renumbered as clauses = (12),=20 (13) and (14) by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), = section=20 2.

^{^[14]}Ibid

^{^[15]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[16]}Clauses (10) and = (11)=20 inserted and original clauses (10), (11) and (12) renumbered as clauses = (12),=20 (13) and (14) by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), = section=20 2.

^{^[17]}Ibid.

^{^[18]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[19]}Ibid.

^{^[20]}Substituted ibid., for the words = =93Secretary,=20 Government Transferred Departments=94.

^{^[21]}Substituted ibid., for the words =93Local=20 Government=94.

^{^[22]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[23]}Ibid.

^{^[24]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[25]}Substituted ibid., for the words = =93Secretary,=20 Government Transferred Departments=94.

^{^[26]}V of = 1908.

^{^[27]}Substituted by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as amended by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, 1937, for the = words=20 =93Local Government=94.

^{^[28]}Substituted by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as amended by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, 1937, for the = words=20 =93Local Government=94.

^{^[29]}Substituted ibid., for the words = =93Secretary,=20 Government Transferred Departments=94.

^{^[30]}V of = 1908.

^{^[31]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[32]}Substituted ibid., for the words = =93Secretary,=20 Government Transferred Departments=94.

^{^[33]}Substituted by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as amended by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, 1937, for the = words=20 =93Local Government=94.

^{^[34]}Ibid.

^{^[35]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[36]}Proviso added by = Punjab Act=20 IV of 1932, section 2. It came into force on 1st January, 1933, vide = Punjab=20 Government notification No. 2695 (II) G/Gurdwara, dated 19th December,=20 1932.

^{^[37]}Substituted for the = words=20 =93Secretary to Government, Punjab, Transferred Departments=94, by the = Government of=20 India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as amended by the = Government of=20 India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, = 1937.

^{^[38]}Substituted ibid., for the words =93Local=20 Government=94.

^{^[39]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[40]}Substituted ibid., for the words = =93Secretary to=20 Government, Transferred Departments=94.

^{^[41]}Substituted ibid., for the words =93Local=20 Government=94.

^{^[42]}Ibid.

^{^[43]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[44]}Substituted ibid., for the words = =93Secretary to=20 Government, Transferred Department=94.

^{^[45]}V of = 1908.

^{^[46]}Substituted by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as amended by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, 1937, for the = words=20 =93Local Government=94.

^{^[47]}Substituted by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as amended by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, 1937, for the = words=20 =93Local Government=94.

^{^[48]}Substituted ibid., for the words = =93Secretary to=20 Government, Transferred Departments=94.

^{^[49]}V of = 1908.

^{^[50]}Substituted by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as amended by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, 1937, for the = words=20 =93Local Government=94.

^{^[51]}The words = =93appointed by notification by the = Governor-General=20 in Council=94 which were inserted by section 3 (a) of the Sikh Gurdwaras = (Supplementary) Act, 1925 (XXIV of 1925), were omitted ibid.

^{^[52]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[53]}Inserted by Section = 2 of the=20 Sikh Gurdwaras (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1926). This = amendment has=20 been given retrospective effect by section 3 of the Sikh Gurdwaras = (Second=20 Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1926).

Which reads as=20 follows:-

=933.=20 The amendments made in the said Act by Section 2 shall have = effect as if=20 they had been made on the 1st day of November, 1925=94.

^{^[54]}X of = 1897.

^{^[55]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[56]}Ibid.

^{^[57]}The words =93or in = the case of=20 the president by the Governor-General in Council=94 inserted by section = 3 (b) of=20 Act XXIV of 1925 were omitted ibid.

^{^[58]}XLV of 1860, now = the Pakistan=20 Penal Code.

^{^[59]}Sub-section (5) = omitted by=20 the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as = amended by=20 the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, = 1937.

^{^[60]}The words =93the=20 Governor-General in Council where the vacancy occurs in the office of = president=20 and in any other case=94 inserted by section 3 (d) of Act XXIV of 1925 = were=20 omitted = ibid.

^{^[61]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[62]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[63]}Now the Pakistan = Penal=20 Code.

^{^[64]}XLV of = 1860.

^{^[65]}V of = 1908.

^{^[66]}V of = 1908.

^{^[67]}Substituted, for = the word,=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[68]}Ibid.

^{^[69]}Ibid.

^{^[70]}V of = 1908.

^{^[71]}Substituted for the = word =93is=94=20 by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of = 1930).

^{^[72]}Inserted ibid., by Section 3. The = amendment was=20 to be applicable to all claims, petitions and suits, in which the = recording of=20 evidence has not been concluded before the tribunal at the commencement = of this=20 Act, vide section 11 of the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930).

^{^[73]}Substituted ibid., for the word=20 =93is=94.

^{^[74]}Inserted ibid., by Section 3. The = amendment was=20 to be applicable to all claims, petitions and suits, in which the = recording of=20 evidence has not been concluded before the tribunal at the commencement = of this=20 Act, vide section 11 of the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930).

^{^[75]}Substituted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930), for the word=20 =93is=94.

^{^[76]}Inserted ibid., by Section 3. The = amendment was=20 to be applicable to all claims, petitions and suits, in which the = recording of=20 evidence has not been concluded before the tribunal at the commencement = of this=20 Act. vide section 11 of the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930).

^{^[77]}Substituted ibid., for the word=20 =93is=94.

^{^[78]}Inserted ibid., by Section 3. The amendment was to be = applicable to=20 all claims, petitions and suits, in which the recording of evidence has = not been=20 concluded before the tribunal at the commencement of this Act, vide section 11 of the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930).

^{^[79]}Substituted ibid., for the word=20 =93is=94.

^{^[80]}Inserted ibid., by Section 3. The = amendment was=20 to be applicable to all claims, petitions and suits, in which the = recording of=20 evidence has not been concluded before the tribunal at the tribunal = commencement=20 of this Act, vide section = 11 of the=20 Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930).

^{^[81]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[82]}Substituted, ibid., for the words = =93Secretary to=20 Government, Transferred Department=94.

^{^[83]}Substituted ibid., for the words =93Local=20 Government=94.

^{^[84]}Repealed by the = Punjab Land=20 Revenue Act, 1967.

^{^[85]}Now the = Registration Act,=20 1908.

^{^[86]}Now the Stamp Act, = 1899 (II=20 of 1899).

^{^[87]}V of = 1898.

^{^[88]}Substituted,=20 for the words =93property or income of such gurdwaras by the Collector = as if it=20 were an arrear of land revenue=94, by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) = Act, 1944 (XI=20 of 1944).

^{^[89]}Added by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930), section 4. The amendment was to be=20 applicable to all claims, petitions and suits in which the recording of = evidence=20 had not been concluded before the tribunal at the commencement of this = Act, vide section 11 of the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930).

^{^[90]}Repealed by the = Punjab Land=20 Revenue Act, 1967.

^{^[91]}XVII of=20 1887.

^{^[92]}Substituted, for the words =93Local = Government=94, by=20 The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as = amended by=20 the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, = 1937.

^{^[93]}Substituted, for the words =93Local = Government=94, by=20 The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as = amended by=20 the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, = 1937.

^{^[94]}Substituted, for the words =93Local = Government=94, by=20 The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as = amended by=20 the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, = 1937.

^{^[95]}Ibid.

^{^[96]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[97]}Ibid.

^{^[98]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[99]}Ibid.

^{^[100]}V of = 1908.

^{^[101]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), sections 4 and = 5.

^{^[102]}Ibid.

^{^[103]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[104]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[105]}Substituted for the = word=20 =93twenty=94 by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), = Section=20 6.

^{^[106]}Substituted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), for the word=20 =93fourteen=94.

^{^[107]}Substituted ibid., for the word=20 =93five=94.

^{^[108]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[109]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[110]}Ibid.

^{^[111]}Ibid.

^{^[112]}Substituted for = original=20 Section 44 by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), = Section=20 7.

^{^[113]}Added by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944).,=20 Section 8.

^{^[114]}Added by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), Section 9.

^{^[115]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[116]}Substituted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), Section = 10.

^{^[117]}Substituted for the = words=20 =93Provincial Legislative Assembly of the Punjab=94 by the West Pakistan = Laws=20 (Adaptation) Order, 1964, Section 2(1), Part II.

^{^[118]}Original section 50 = renumbered as sub-section (1) and new sub-section (2) added by the Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 11.

^{^[119]}Original section 50 = renumbered as sub-section (1) and new sub-section (2) added by the Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 11.

^{^[120]}Substituted ibid., section 12, for the = words=20 =93three=94.

^{^[121]}Substituted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930), section = 4.

^{^[122]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 13.

^{^[123]}Ibid.

^{^[124]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[125]}Ibid.

^{^[126]}Added by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1949 (IX of 1949), section 2.

^{^[127]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93and another to be Vice-President of the Board=94 by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section 14.

^{^[128]}Inserted ibid., section = 15.

^{^[129]}Substituted ibid., for the words=20 =93Office-holders=94.

^{^[130]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 16.

^{^[131]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[132]}Substituted, for = the word=20 =93the service of the Crown=94, by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) = Order, 1964,=20 section 2 (1) Part II, which were previously substituted, for the = words =93Government Service=94, by = The Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as amended by the = Government=20 of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary Order, = 1937.

^{^[133]}Added by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930), section6.

^{^[134]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1926),=20 section2.

^{^[135]}X of = 1897.

^{^[136]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[137]}Ibid.

^{^[138]}Ibid.

^{^[139]}Ibid.

^{^[140]}Ibid.

^{^[141]}Ibid.

^{^[142]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[143]}Ibid.

^{^[144]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 17.

^{^[145]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[146]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 17.

^{^[147]}Now the Pakistan = Penal=20 Code.

^{^[148]}XLV of = 1860.

^{^[149]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[150]}Now the Pakistan = Penal=20 Code.

^{^[151]}Substituted, for = the word=20 =93All=94, by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1941 (I of 1941), = section=20 2.

^{^[152]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[153]}Ibid.

^{^[154]}Ibid.

^{^[155]}Ibid.

^{^[156]}V of = 1908.

^{^[157]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[158]}Ibid.

^{^[159]}Ibid.

^{^[160]}Ibid.

^{^[161]}The word =93or=94 = at the end of=20 clause (iii), and clause (iv) omitted by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section 18.

^{^[162]}Ibid.

^{^[163]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[164]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[165]}Substituted for the = original=20 section by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), = section=20 19.

^{^[166]}Now=20 =91Faisalabad=92.

^{^[167]}Sub section (4) = substituted=20 by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1949 (IX of 1949), section=20 3(i).

^{^[168]}Substituted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1949 (IX of 1949), section 3 (ii), for the = words=20 =93next Gurdwara General Election takes place=94.

^{^[169]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[170]}Ibid.

^{^[171]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 20.

^{^[172]}Inserted ibid., section = 21.

^{^[173]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 22.

^{^[174]}Ibid.

^{^[175]}Ibid.

^{^[176]}The words =93or = co-opted, as=20 the case may be=94 omitted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 = (XI of=20 1944).

^{^[177]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[178]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 21.

^{^[179]}Ibid.

^{^[180]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 23.

^{^[181]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[182]}Ibid.

^{^[183]}Ibid.

^{^[184]}Ibid.

^{^[185]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 23.

^{^[186]}Added ibid., section = 24.

^{^[187]}Inserted ibid., section = 25.

^{^[188]}Ibid.

^{^[189]}Added by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section 24.

^{^[190]}Substituted ibid., section = 26.

^{^[191]}Substituted for the = words=20 =93Provincial Legislative Assembly=94 by the West Pakistan Laws = (Adaptation) Order,=20 1964, section 2(1).

^{^[192]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 27.

^{^[193]}Substituted ibid., section 28, for the = word=20 =93three=94.

^{^[194]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930), section = 7.

^{^[195]}Substituted ibid., for the original=20 section.

^{^[196]}Original section 96 = renumbered as sub-section (1) and new sub-section (2) added by the Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 33.

^{^[197]}Inserted ibid., sections 29 and=20 31.

^{^[198]}Original section 96 = renumbered as sub-section (1) and new sub-section (2) added by the Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 33.

^{^[199]}Inserted ibid., section 29 and=20 31.

^{^[200]}Original section 98 = was=20 re-numbered as sub-section (1) and new sub-section (2) added by the Sikh = Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1930 (III of 1930), section = 9.

^{^[201]}Added ibid.

^{^[202]}Substituted, by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 32.

^{^[203]}Added by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section 33.

^{^[204]}Substituted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 34.

^{^[205]}Added, ibid., section = 35.

^{^[206]}Substituted ibid., section = 36.

^{^[207]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[208]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944).

^{^[209]}Ibid.

^{^[210]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[211]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[212]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[213]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 39.

^{^[214]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 39.

^{^[215]}Ibid.

^{^[216]}Inserted=20 by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, as = amended=20 by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Supplementary = Order,=20 1937, section 40.

^{^[217]}The words, = =93sub-section (2)=20 and sub-section (4) of=94, omitted ibid.

^{^[218]}Now the Companies = Act,=20 1913.

^{^[219]}VII of = 1913.

^{^[220]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[221]}Ibid.

^{^[222]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[223]}Renumbered by = Section 2 of=20 the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926).

^{^[224]}Renumbered by = Section 2 of=20 the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of 1926).

^{^[225]}The words, =93of = sub-section=20 (1)=94. omitted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of=20 1944).

^{^[226]}Inserted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 42.

^{^[227]}Substituted ibid., section 43, for the = words =93or=20 educational nature=94.

^{^[228]}The words, =93of = sub-section=20 (1)=94, omitted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of = 1944), section=20 44.

^{^[229]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[230]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[231]}Substituted ibid., for the word = =93Gazette=94.

^{^[232]}Added by the Sikh = Gurdwaras=20 (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section 45.

^{^[233]}The words, =93of = sub-section=20 (1)=94, omitted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of = 1944), section=20 46.

^{^[234]}The words, =93of = sub-section=20 (1)=94, omitted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of = 1944), section=20 47.

^{^[235]}Now the Evidence = Act,=20 1872.

^{^[236]}The words, =93of = sub-section=20 (1), omitted by the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), = section=20 48.

^{^[237]}Substituted ibid.

^{^[238]}Substituted by the = Sikh=20 Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1944 (XI of 1944), section = 50.

^{^[239]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[240]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[241]}Ibid.

^{^[242]}For rules, see Home Department = notification No.=20 4289-S., dated 12th October, 1922, Punjab Gazette, 1925, Part I, pages = 712-13,=20 No. 4290-S, dated 12th October, 1925, Ibid., 1925, Part I, pages = 716-23, No.=20 4291-S, dated 12th October, 1925, Ibid.,=20 Part I, pages 730-38, No. 27176, dated 7th December, 1925, Ibid., 1925, Part I, pages = 921-23, No.=20 27342, dated 9th December, 1925, Ibid.,=20 1925, Part I, pages 924-25, No. 4041-S, dated 2nd September, 1926, = Ibid., 1926, extraordinary, = page 67 and=20 No. 3336, dated 28th September, 1926, Ibid., 1926, Part I, page=20 918.

^{^[243]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[244]}Substituted, for = the words=20 =93Local Government=94, by The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Order, 1937, as amended by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian = Laws)=20 Supplementary Order, 1937.

^{^[245]}Now the Election = Offences and=20 Inquiries Act, 1920.

^{^[246]}Now=20 =91Sahiwal=92.

^{^[247]}Ibid.

^{^[248]}Ibid.

^{^[249]}Ibid.

^{^[250]}Ibid.

^{^[251]}Now=20 =91Sahiwal=92.

^{^[252]}Ibid.

^{^[253]}Now=20 =91Shiwal=92.

^{^[254]}Substituted, for = the original=20 schedule by section 4 of the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act, 1926 (IV of = 1926).

^{^[255]}Now=20 =91Sahiwal=92.

^{^[256]}Now=20 =91Faislabad=92.

^{^[257]}Ibid.