The Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act, 1925.
THE SIKH GURDWARAS (SUPPLEMENTARY) ACT, 1925

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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SECTIONS

1. Short title and commencement.
2. Validation of certain provisions of Punjab Act 8 of 1925.
3. [Repealed].

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THE SIKH GURDWARAS (SUPPLEMENTARY) ACT, 1925

ACT NO. 24 OF 1925

[Received the assent of the Governor-General on the 11[th] September, 1925.]

_An Act to supplement certain provisions of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925._

WHEREAS it is expedient to supplement, by legislation in the Indian Legislature, certain provisions of the

Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:
**1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary-**

) Act, 1925.

(2) It shall come into force on the date[1] appointed by the [2][ [3](State Government)], under sub-section

(3) of section 1 of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925.

**2. Validation of certain provisions of Punjab Act 8 of 1925.—The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925**

(hereinafter referred to as the said Act), shall so far as it adds to or takes from the jurisdiction of the [4][High
Court of [5](Punjab)] or prescribes the procedure of the said Court, be as valid as if it had been passed by
the Indian Legislature.

**63. Amendment of section 12, Punjab Act 8 of 1925.—Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of**

1938), section 2 and Schedule.

1. It came into force on the 1[st] January, 1926.
2. Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.
3. Substituted for the word “Provincial” by Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
4. Substituted for the words “High Court of Judicature of Lahore” by the India (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1947.
5. Substituted for “East Punjab” by Adaptation of Laws, Order, 1950.
6. The amendment to s. 12 of the Sikh Gurudwaras act, 1925, directed by this section were omitted by the Government of India
(Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 section later repealed by Central Act 1 of 1938, schedule.

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