The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 10] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 9,N 1981/PHALGUNA 18, 1902
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"RAJYA SABHA
The following Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 9th
March, 1981:—
BILL NO. VI OF 1981
A Bill further to amend the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic
of India as follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras (Amend-
ment) Act, 1981.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st day of
Short title and com- mence- ment.
January, 1981.
2. In the "Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to 82 of 1971. as the principal -Act), sub-section (3) of section 16 shall be omitted.
Amend- ment of section 16.
3. (1) The Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Ordinance, 1981, is 2 of 1981. hereby repealed.
Repeal and saving.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.
192 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAST II—SEC. 2]STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Sub-section (3) of section 16 of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971, lays down that no person shall be eligible for election as President or other office bearer of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee unless he is at least a matriculate or has passed Higher Secondary Exa- mination of any recognised University or Board or is a Giani or possesses any other equivalent educational qualification.
2. Following representations that imposing a minimum educational qualification in the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971, was against the cardinal principles of democracy and as such a qualification is not re- quired even under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, .1925, of Punjab, it wag pro- posed to amend the Act for omitting sub-section (3) of section 16 there- of. Accordingly, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Ordinance, 1981, was promulgated on the 21st January, 1981.
3. The Bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance.
NEW DELHI;
ZAIL SINGH.
The 4th March, 1981.