The Punjab Sikh Gurdwaras Board (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1953

'THE PUNJAB SIKH GURDWARAS BOARD (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1953 6th May, 1953. [Received tlra asseft1 of zhe Goveniar of Punjab 011 the 2nd May, 1953,altd was first ylrblisl~ed in rhe Pu~ljab Guvernnrcnt Gazette (Extraordinary), of the 6th May, 19531 An Act to provide for the filling of vacancies in Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee constituted in exercise of powers conferred by Arficle 9(2) of the India (Adaptation of the Existing Indian Laws) Order, 1947. 1. (1 ) This Act may be called the Punjab Sikh Gurdwaras Board (Transitional Provisions ) Act, 1953. (2 ) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th of August, 1947. 2. For the purposes of section 53 of the Sikh Gurd\vams Act, 1925 (Punjab Act VEI of 1925 ), any vacancy occurring in the Board constituted in exercise of powers conferred by Article 9 (2 ) of (he India (Adaptation of Existing Indian Laws) Order, 1947, and as notified in Punj nb Government, Home Department-General (Gurdwaras) ncrtification No. 515, dated the 8th o f May, 1948, shall he filled in the samc manner as i l would have been filled before the 15th of August, 1 947, as i l it had occurred before that date : Provided that any vacancy occurring in the Board referred to therein, i n regard to a constituency now comprised in the territories known as Wcst Punjab Pakistan) or the mcmbers nominated by the Rajpramukh nf the Paliala and East Punjab Slates Union under sccrion 43, sub-section (1) part (3) of [he Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 shall be lcft unfilled : Provided further, that the provisions of this section shall no1 affect the nominations made by the Rajpramukh under the section aforementioned prior to 1st April, 1953. Shorl tittc, cxlent and commcncc- rncnt. Manner of filling vacancies in thc Board. 1 . For Statcmenl of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Govcrnment Gazclt t {Exrraodinary), dared 24th March, 1953, page 370, for proceedings in the Assembly, see Punjab Legislative Assembly Debales, 1953.