GPTA 52 — Non-application of sections 92 and 93 of Civil Procedure Code to public trusts

Gujarat Public Trusts Act (Bombay Public Trusts 1950 as amended), 2011

Statutory text

[(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the provisions of sections 92 and 93 of the said Code shall not apply to the public trusts. [ [(2) If] ] on the date of the application of the Act to any public trust any legal proceedings in respect of, such trust are pending before [any, Civil Court of competent jurisdiction] to which the Advocate General or the Collector exercising the powers of the Advocate General is a party, the Charity Commissioner shall be deemed to be substituted in those proceedings for the Advocate General or the Collector, as the case may be, and such proceedings shall be disposed of by such Court.]

[(3) Any reference to the Advocate General made in any instrument, scheme, order or decree of any Civil Court of competent jurisdiction made or Consent of Charity Commissioner for institution of suit. passed, whether before or after the said date, shall be construed as a reference to the Charity Commissioner.]

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