Date of Coming into Force of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2012
The Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 171, dated 27 June 2012, notifying that the Governor of Tamil Nadu appointed 27 June 2012 as the date on which the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2012 came into force. The notification brings the Amendment Act into operation but does not reproduce or explain its substantive provisions.
What the notification does
The Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department published G.O. (Ms.) No. 171, dated 27 June 2012, in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary. Acting under sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2012, the Governor of Tamil Nadu appointed 27 June 2012 as the date on which that Act came into force.
The notification is therefore a commencement notification. It fixes the date from which the Amendment Act became operational. It does not set out the amendments made by the Act or describe how those amendments must be applied.
Who may be affected
The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2012 is the legislation brought into force by the notification. Any person or institution whose rights, duties or activities are governed by that Amendment Act may need to treat 27 June 2012 as its commencement date.
For a property buyer, owner or professional, the notification alone does not state whether a particular land, building, transaction, religious institution or charitable endowment is affected. That question cannot be answered from this one-page notification because it contains no substantive amendment provisions and no property-specific details.
Key provisions
- The notification concerns the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2012, identified as Tamil Nadu Act 26 of 2012.
- The Governor of Tamil Nadu exercised the commencement power given by sub-section (2) of Section 1 of that Act.
- The appointed commencement date is 27 June 2012.
- The notification was issued as G.O. (Ms.) No. 171 by the Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department on 27 June 2012.
- The notification appeared in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part II, Section 2, under notification number No. II(2)/TDREI/328(a)/2012.
- The text does not provide any rate, fee, procedure, land classification, ownership rule or transaction requirement.
Practical significance
The notification can be used to confirm when the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2012 began to operate. Determining the effect of that Act on a particular property or institution requires the provisions of the Amendment Act itself, which are not included in the supplied text.
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Common questions
When did the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act, 2012 come into force?
The Governor of Tamil Nadu appointed 27 June 2012 as the date on which the Act came into force.
Does the notification explain the changes made by the Amendment Act?
No. The notification only fixes the commencement date and does not reproduce or explain the amendments.
Does the notification say whether my property is affected?
No. It contains no property-specific details, land classifications or transaction requirements.
Which department issued the government order?
The Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 171, dated 27 June 2012.
