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The Auroville Foundation Act, 1988
Enactment Date: 29-09-1988
Act Year: 1988
Ministry: Ministry of Education
Department: Department of Higher Education
Enforcement Date: 29-09-1988
Charitable and Religious Institutions; Co-operative Societies
Short Title
The Auroville Foundation Act, 1988
Long Title
An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the undertakings of Auroville and to vest such undertakings in a foundation established for the purpose with a view to making long-term arrangements for the better management and further development of Auroville in accordance with its original charter and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 29-09-1988
Act Year: 1988
Ministry: Ministry of Education
Department: Department of Higher Education
Enforcement Date : 29-09-1988
Section 29(c)
Crime: Wrongfully removing or destroying any property forming part of the undertakings of the Society, trust or body.
Section 29(b)
Crime: Wrongfully obtaining possession of, or retaining, any property forming part of any undertaking of the Society, trust or body.
Section 29(b)
Crime: Wilfully withholding or failing to furnish to the Central Government or the Foundation or any person/s authorised on its behalf, any documents relating to such undertakings which may be in his possession, custody or control.
Section 29(b)
Crime: Failing to deliver to the Central Government or to others authorised on its behalf any assets, books of account, registers or other documents in his possession, custody or control relating to the undertakings of the Society, trust or body.
Section 29(a)
Crime: Wrongfully withholding any property forming part of the undertakings of the Society, trust or body, from the Central Government, the Foundation or any person or body of persons authorised by that Government or the Foundation
The Durgah khawaja Saheb Act, 1955
Enactment Date: 14-10-1955
Act Year: 1955
Ministry: Ministry of Minority Affairs
Enforcement Date: 01-03-1956
Charitable and Religious Institutions; Co-operative Societies
Short Title
The Durgah khawaja Saheb Act, 1955
Long Title
An Act to make provision for the proper administration of the Durgah and the Endowment of the Durgah of Khawaja Moin-ud-din Chishti, generally known as Durgah Khawaja Saheb, Ajmer.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 14-10-1955
Act Year: 1955
Ministry: Ministry of Minority Affairs
Enforcement Date : 01-03-1956
Section 14(2)
Crime: Soliciting or receiving any nazars or offerings on behalf of the Durgah, not being the Nazim or any person authorised by him in this behalf.
The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
Enactment Date: 18-09-1991
Act Year: 1991
Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
Department: Department of States
Enforcement Date: 11-07-1991
Charitable and Religious Institutions; Co-operative Societies
Short Title
The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
Long Title
An Act to prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on the 15th day of August, 1947, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 18-09-1991
Act Year: 1991
Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
Department: Department of States
Enforcement Date : 11-07-1991
Section 6(3) r/w Section 3
Crime: Criminally conspiring to convert any place of worship of any religious denomination or any section into a place of worship of a different section of the same religious denomination or of a different religious denomination or any section.
Section 6(1) r/w Section 3
Crime: Converting any place of worship of any religious denomination into a place of worship of a different section of the same religious denomination, or of a different religious denomination.
The Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1988
Enactment Date: 01-09-1988
Act Year: 1988
Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
Department: Department of Home
Enforcement Date: 26-05-1988
Charitable and Religious Institutions; Co-operative Societies
Short Title
The Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1988
Long Title
An Act to prevent the misuse of religious institutions for political and other purposes.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 01-09-1988
Act Year: 1988
Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
Department: Department of Home
Enforcement Date : 26-05-1988
Section 9 r/w Section 211(b) BNS
Crime: Manager or employee of a religious institution failing to provide information with respect to the commission of an offence or for preventing the commission of such incident, or to apprehend an offender regarding a contravention of this Act to the relevant police station.
Section 9 r/w Section 211(a) BNS
Crime: Manager or employee of a religious institution failing to provide information regarding a contravention of this Act to the relevant police station.
Section 7 r/w Section 6
Crime: Religious institution or manager allowing any ceremony, festival, congregation, procession, or assembly organised or held under its auspices to be used for any political activity.
Section 7 r/w Section 5
Crime: Religious institution or manager using or allowing the use of funds or other properties belonging to or controlled by the institution for the benefit of any political party, any political activity, or for the commission of any punishable offence.
Section 7 r/w Section 4
Crime: Religious institution or manager allowing the entry of arms and ammunition or of any person carrying arms and ammunitions into the institution.
Section 7 r/w Section 3(i)
Crime: Religious institution or manager using or allowing the use of any premises belonging to or controlled by for contravening the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
Section 7 r/w Section 3(h)
Crime: Religious institution or manager using or allowing the use of any premises belonging to or controlled by the institution for carrying on of any activity prejudicial to the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.
Section 7 r/w Section 3(g)
Crime: Religious institution or manager using or allowing the use of any premises belonging to or controlled by the institution for doing of any act which promotes or attempts to promote disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between different religious, racial, language or regional groups or castes or communities.
Section 7 r/w Section 3(f)
Crime: Religious institution or manager using or allowing the use of any premises belonging to or controlled by the institution for carrying on any unlawful or subversive act prohibited under any law or any court order.
Section 7 r/w Section 3(e)
Crime: Religious institution or manager using or allowing the use of any premises belonging to or controlled by the institution for erecting or putting up any construction or fortification without a valid licence or permission.
Section 7 r/w Section 3(d)
Crime: Religious institution or manager using or allowing the use of any premises belonging to or controlled by the institution for keeping any goods or articles in contravention of any law.
Section 7 r/w Section 3(c)
Crime: Religious institution or manager using or allowing the use of any premises belonging to or controlled by the institution for storing any arms or ammunitions.
Section 7 r/w Section 3(b)
Crime: Religious institution or manager using or allowing the use of any premises belonging to or controlled by the institution for harbouring any person accused or convicted of an offence.
Section 7 r/w Section 3(a)
Crime: Religious institution or manager using or allowing the use of any premises belonging to or controlled by the institution for promoting or propagating any political activity.
The Waqf Act, 1995
Enactment Date: 22-11-1995
Act Year: 1995
Ministry: Ministry of Minority Affairs
Enforcement Date: 01-01-1996
Charitable and Religious Institutions; Co-operative Societies
Short Title
The Waqf Act, 1995
Long Title
An Act to provide for the better administration of Auqaf and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 22-11-1995
Act Year: 1995
Ministry: Ministry of Minority Affairs
Enforcement Date : 01-01-1996
Section 73(4)
Crime: Officer of the bank or any other person with whom waqf's money is deposited, failing without any reasonable excuse to make payments as annual contributions as ordered by the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 68(3)
Crime: Removed mutawalli or any member of the removed committee, omitting or failing to deliver charge and possession of the records, accounts and properties within the time specified by any Magistrate.
Section 61(2)(b)
Crime: Mutawalli knowingly furnishing any false statement, return, or information to the Board.
Section 61(2)(a)
Crime: Mutawalli omitting or failing to apply for registration of a waqf with the intent to conceal its existence.
Section 61(1)(h)
Crime: Mutawalli failing to do any act which they are lawfully required to do under this Act.
Section 61(1)(g)
Crime: Mutawalli failing to discharge any public dues.
Section 61(1)(f)
Crime: Mutawalli failing to carry out the directions of the Board.
Section 61(1)(e)
Crime: Mutawalli failing to deliver possession of any waqf property, if ordered by the Board or Tribunal.
Section 61(1)(d)
Crime: Mutawalli failing to allow inspection of waqf properties, accounts, records or deeds and documents relating thereto, without reasonable cause.
Section 61(1)(c)
Crime: Mutawalli failing without reasonable cause to supply information or particulars as required by the Board.
Section 61(1)(b)
Crime: Mutawalli failing to furnish statements of particulars or accounts or returns as required under this Act, without reasonable cause.
Section 61(1)(a)
Crime: Mutawalli failing to apply for the registration of a auqaf without reasonable cause.
Section 52A(1)
Crime: Alienating any movable or immovable waqf property without prior sanction of the Board.
Section 52A(1)
Crime: Purchasing or taking possession of any movable or immovable waqf property without prior sanction of the Board.
Proviso to Section 7(6)
Crime: Public servant failing in their lawful duty to prevent or remove an encroachment on waqf property.
The Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002
Enactment Date: 03-07-2002
Act Year: 2002
Ministry: Ministry of Cooperation
Enforcement Date: 19-08-2002
Charitable and Religious Institutions; Co-operative Societies
Short Title
The Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002
Long Title
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to co-operative societies, with objects not confined to one State and serving the interests of members in more than one State, to facilitate the voluntary formation and democratic functioning of co-operative s as peoples institutions based on self-help and mutual aid and to enable them to promote their economic and social betterment and to provide functional autonomy and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 03-07-2002
Act Year: 2002
Ministry: Ministry of Cooperation
Enforcement Date : 19-08-2002
Section 104(6)
Crime: Board of directors or officers of a multi-state co-operative society utilising any assets of the society for personal unlawful gains.
Section 104(6)
Crime: Board of directors or officers of a multi-state co-operative society receiving any unlawful gains while transacting matters related to such society.
Section 104(5)(d)
Crime: A multi-state co-operative society causing unlawful loss to the depositor.
Section 104(5)(c)
Crime: A multi-state co-operative society causing unlawful loss to the assets and property of the society.
Section 104(5)(b) r/w Section 64
Crime: A multi-state co-operative society making any investment in any other entity than a co-operative bank, State co-operative bank, co-operative land development bank or Central co-operative bank, or any securities issued by Central Government, State Government, Government Corporations, Government Companies, Authorities, PSUs, shares or securities of any other multi-State co-operative society or co-operative society or with any other scheduled or nationalised bank.
Section 104(5)(a)
Crime: A multi-state co-operative society destroying, mutilating, falsifying, concealing, tampering, or unauthorisedly removing or causing the same for any document relating to the property, assets, or affairs of the society.
Section 104(5)(a)
Crime: A multi-state co-operative society making a false entry in any document concerning the society.
Section 104(4)(a)
Crime: Fraudulently defacing or destroying any nomination paper before, during or after the election of delegates or election of members of the board.
Section 104(4)(b)
Crime: Fraudulently defacing, destroying or removing any list, notice or other document affixed by or under the authority of a returning officer before, during or after the election of delegates or election of members of the board.
Section 104(4)(c)
Crime: Fraudulently defacing destroying any ballot paper or the official mark on any ballot paper or any declaration of identity before, during or after the election of delegates or election of members of the board.
Section 104(4)(d)
Crime: Supplying any ballot paper to any person before, during or after the election of delegates or election of members of the board, without due authority.
Section 104(4)(d)
Crime: Receiving any ballot paper from any person before, during or after the election of delegates or election of members of the board, without due authority.
Section 104(4)(d)
Crime: Possessing any ballot papers before, during or after the election of delegates or election of members of the board, without due authority.
Section 104(4)(e)
Crime: Fraudulently putting into any ballot box anything other than the ballot paper which one is authorised by law to put in before, during or after the election of delegates or election of members of the board.
Section 104(4)(f)
Crime: Destroying, taking, opening or otherwise interfering, with any ballot box or ballot papers in use for the purposes of the election before, during or after the election of delegates or election of members of the board, without due authority.
Section 104(4)(h)
Crime: Offering any gift or promising any gratification to any person with the object to manipulate candidates or voters before, during or after the election of delegates or election of members of the board.
Section 104(4)(h)
Crime: Receiving any gift, promise or gratification made with the object to manipulate candidates or voters before, during or after the election of delegates or election of members of the board.
Section 104(3)
Crime: Officer or custodian wilfully failing to hand over custody of books, accounts, documents, records, cash, security and other property belonging to a multi-State co-operative society in their custody to a person entitled under this Act or required to file return.
Section 104(2)
Crime: Employer failing to pay to a multi-State co-operative society the amount deducted from salaries, within a period of fourteen days from the date of deduction, without sufficient cause.
Section 104(1)
Crime: A multi-State co-operative society or an officer or member of the society wilfully furnishing false information.
Section 104(1)
Crime: A multi-State co-operative society or an officer or member of the society wilfully making a false return.
Section 104(1)
Crime: A multi-State co-operative society or an officer or member of the society failing to file any return or information.
Section 104(1)
Crime: A multi-State co-operative society or an officer or member of the society wilfully or without any reasonable excuse disobeying any summons, requisition or lawful written order issued under the provisions of this Act.
Section 104(1)
Crime: A multi-State co-operative society or an officer or member of the society wilfully not furnishing any information required under the Act.