Date of Commencement of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Second Amendment) Act, 2012
The Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 414 on 7 December 2012 to bring the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Second Amendment) Act, 2012 (Tamil Nadu Act 51 of 2012) into force. The Governor of Tamil Nadu appointed 7 December 2012 as the commencement date of the Act.
What the notification does
The Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 414, dated 7 December 2012, as a commencement notification for the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Second Amendment) Act, 2012.
The Governor of Tamil Nadu exercised the power conferred by sub-section (2) of Section (1) of that Act and appointed 7 December 2012 as the date on which the Act came into force.
Key provisions
The commencement notification provides that:
- The legislation being commenced is the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Second Amendment) Act, 2012.
- The legislation is identified as Tamil Nadu Act 51 of 2012.
- The Act came into force on 7 December 2012.
- The commencement date was appointed by the Governor of Tamil Nadu.
- The notification was issued as G.O. Ms. No. 414 by the Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department.
- The notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 7 December 2012.
Who may be affected
The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Second Amendment) Act, 2012 may be relevant to people, institutions and professionals whose matters fall within that legislation. The notification establishes only when the amendment Act became legally operative.
The source does not describe the substantive amendments made by the Act. It also does not identify particular land, property, temple, charitable endowment, transaction or registration procedure affected by those amendments.
Relevance to property matters
G.O. Ms. No. 414 does not itself create a property procedure or identify any parcel of land. A buyer, owner or professional dealing with property connected to Hindu religious or charitable endowments may need to consult the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Second Amendment) Act, 2012 to understand its actual provisions.
For questions about whether a transaction was affected by the amendment Act, 7 December 2012 is the commencement date established by this notification.
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Common questions
When did the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Second Amendment) Act, 2012 come into force?
The Act came into force on 7 December 2012.
Which department issued the commencement notification?
The Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 414 on 7 December 2012.
Does the notification explain what changes were made by the amendment Act?
No. The notification only appoints the commencement date and does not set out the substantive amendments.
Does the notification identify any particular land or property?
No. The notification does not identify any land, property, temple or transaction.
