The Haj Committee Act, 2002

Act No. 35

11-Jun-2002

Section 1 — Short title and commencement

1. Short title and commencement.

(1)This Act may be call ed the Haj Committee Act, 2002.

(2)It shall come into force on such date1 or dates as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of thi s Act and for different States.

Section 2 — Definitions

2. Definitions .-In this Act, unless the context otherw ise requires, -

(a)“bye-laws” means the bye-laws made under section 45;

(b)“Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Committee or the Executive Officer of the State Committee appointed under sub -section ( 1) of

Section 16 — or sub -section ( 1) of section 29, as the case may be

section 16 or sub -section ( 1) of section 29, as the case may be ;

(c)“Committee ” means the Haj Committee of Ind ia constit uted under section 3;

(d)“member” means a member of the Haj Committee of India nominated under section 4 or of a State Haj Committee nominated under section 18, as the case may be, and includes the Chai rperson and a Vice -Chairperson;

(e)“notification ” means a notification published in the Gazette of India or the Official Gazette of a State, as the case may be;

(f)“pilgrim” means a Muslim proceed ing to, or returning from, Haj;

(g)“prescribed ” means prescribed by rules made under section 44 by the Central Government or, as the case may be, under sect ion 47 by the State Government;

(h)“State Committee ” means a State Haj Committee constituted under section 18 and includes Joint State Committee;

(i)“State Government ”, in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator of that Union territory appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution.

Section 3 — Constitution and incorporation of Haj Committee of India

3. Constitution and incorporation of Haj Committee of India .