Sikh Gurdwaras Bill applies retroactively from October 8, 2003

This Bill amends the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 to remove the exemption that allowed Sahjdhari Sikhs to be registered as electors for the Board and Committees. It retrospectively applies these changes from October 8, 2003, to ensure that only those who do not trim or shave their beard or keshas, smoke, or consume alcohol are eligible to vote.

Sikhs who are residents of a constituency and are over twenty-one years of age, specifically those seeking to register as electors for the Board or local committees under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925.

• Substitutes the proviso in Section 49 of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 to disqualify electors who trim or shave their beard or keshas, smoke, or take alcoholic drinks.
• Substitutes the proviso in Section 92 of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 with the same disqualifications for electors of committees.
• Removes the specific exception for 'Sahjdhari' Sikhs regarding the trimming or shaving of beard or keshas.
• Deems the Act to have come into force from October 8, 2003 (retrospective application).

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