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. 7th April, 1972, vide notification No. G.S.R. 241(E), dated 7th April, 1972, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (i).

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1 . 7th April, 1972, vide notification No. G.S.R. 241(E), dated 7th April, 1972, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (i). (i) a person shall not be deemed to be " ordinarily resident " in a ward on the ground only that he owns or is in possession of a dwelling-house therein and a person absenting himself temporarily from his place of ordinary residence shall not by reason thereof cease to be ordinarily resident therein; (j) "p "patit " means a Sikh who trims or shaves his beard or hair (keshas) or who after taking Amrit commits any one or more of the four Kurahitis; (k) " registered Singh Sabha " means a Singh Sabha registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860), which is managing or controlling a local Gurdwara in Delhi; (l) " regulation " means a regulation made under this Act by the Committee; (m) " rule " means a rule made under this Act by the Central Government; (n) " Sikh " means a person who professes the Sikh religion, believes and follows the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and the ten Gurus only and keeps unshorn hair (Keshas). For the purposes of if any question arises as to whether any living person is or is not a Sikh, he shall be deemed respectively to be or not to be a Sikh according as he makes or refuses to make in the manner prescribed by rules the following declaration:— " I solemnly affirm that I am a Keshadhari Sikh, that I believe in and follow the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and the ten Gurus only, and that I have no other religion. " ; (o) "A "Amritdhari Sikh " means and includes every Sikh who has taken Khande ka Amrit or Khanda Pahul, prepared and administered according to the tenets of Sikh religion and rites at the hands of five Pyaras or " beloved ones " . PART II THE COMMITTEE