State Act

The Maharashtra Religious Endowments (Reconstruction on Resettlement Sites) Act, 1970.

2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise— (a) "acquired endowment" means a religious endowment acquired by the State Government for the purposes of any project ; (b) "competent authority" means the Collector, and includes any other officer’s appointed by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to perform all or any of the functions of a competent authority under this Act ; (c) "project" means any irrigation, power or any other project executed or to be executed by the State Government ; (d) "reconstructed endowment" means a religious endowment which is reconstructed on a resettlement site with the assistance of the compensation money received in respect of any acquired endowment as provided in the Act ; (e) "religious endowment" means any temple, mosque, church, agyari, synagogue or any endowment created for religious worship or other public religious purpose ; (f) "resettlement site" means the site provided or to be provided by the State Government for resettling persons who have been or will be displaced by the acquisition of lands for a project ; (g) "trustee" means a trustee of a religious endowment.