(1) In any suit or legal proceedings in which 1** * any question affecting a public religious or charitable purpose is involved, the Court shall not proceed to determine such question until after notice has been given to the Charity Commissioner.
(2) If upon the receipt of such notice or otherwise the Charity Commissioner makes any application in that behalf, he shall be added as a party at any stage of such suit or proceedings.
(3) In this section "Court" shall mean any Civil Court of competent jurisdiction in the 2[State of Maharashtra].
(2) If upon the receipt of such notice or otherwise the Charity Commissioner makes any application in that behalf, he shall be added as a party at any stage of such suit or proceedings.
(3) In this section "Court" shall mean any Civil Court of competent jurisdiction in the 2[State of Maharashtra].
1. The words "it appears to the Court that" were deleted by Mah. 20 of 1971, s. 39.
2. These words were substituted for the words "State of Bombay" by Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.