Section 2
Definitions
Unless the subject or the context otherwise requires, in this Act,-
(a) “Corporation” means the Guthi Corporation under Section 3.
(b) “Chairperson” means the chairperson of the Guthi Corporation.
(b1)5 “Board” means the Board of Directors formed under Section 4.
(b2) 6 “Member” means the member of the Board.
(b3) 7 “Administrator” means the administrator of the Corporation.
(c) “Guthi” means and includes a Guthi (trust) endowed by any philanthropist through relinquishment of his or her title to a movable or immovable property or any other income-yielding property or fund for the operation of any shrine (matha) or
3 Deleted by the Republic Strengthening and Some Nepal Laws Amendment Act, 2066.
4 Deleted by the Republic Strengthening and Some Nepal Laws Amendment Act, 2066.
5 Inserted by the First Amendment.
6 Inserted by the First Amendment.
7 Inserted by the First Amendment.
festival, worship or feast of any God, Goddess or for the construction, operation or maintenance of any temple, shrine (devasthal), rest house (dharmashala), shelter (pati), inn (pauwa), well, tank, road, bridge, pasture, garden, forest, library, school, reading hall, dispensary, treatment facility, house, building or institution for any religious or philanthropic purpose.
(d) “Rajguthi” means a Rajguthi (state trust) which the Guthi Corporation has right and liability in and is being managed and operated by the Guthi Corporation at the time of the commencement of this Act.
(e) “Chhut Guthi” means a Guthi which enjoys exemption so that only the surplus of the Guthi after operating the worship, festival etc. of the Guthi from income as per the deed of donation or royalty is paid to the Rajguthi or the Guthi operators themselves are entitled to the surplus, and by registering the Guthi in the records of Rajghthi prior to the commencement of the Guthi Corporation Act, 2021 (1973) or requiring such registration and that the land revue or taxation of such Guthi land as payable to the Government of Nepal is exempted and that the trustees of the Guthi themselves are entitled to operate and register the Guthi.
(f) “Personal Guthi” means an individual’s private Guthi other than a Rajguthi and Chhut Guthi.
(g) “Guthiyar (trustee)” means a person who is entitled to enjoy the surplus income (shes kasar) of the Guthi or operates the Guthi and is the endower of a Chhut Guthi or personal Guthi or the heir to the endower, and the Mahant and priest (pujari) deputed in the yearly basis to a position of such a Guthi.
(h) “Guthi Raitan Numbari land (Guthi land registered in the name of individual)” means a land the registration holder of which is required to pay the land revenue (malpot) to the Corporation.
(i) “Guthi Numbari land (registered Guthi land)” means a land the Corporation, in the capacity of the landowner, is required to pay the land revenue to the Government of Nepal.
(j) “Guthi Tainathi land (Guthi owned land)” means a land which is not registered in the name of any person and in which the Guthi Corporation has exclusive right.
(k) “Guthi controlled land (Guthi Adhinastha land)” means a land the registration holder of which has being paying in-kind to the Corporation.
(l) “Guthi Jimidari” means the Jimidari in which the land revenue is paid to the Guthi, upon the Guthi having right in any Jimidari area.
(m)8 “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the Bye-laws framed under this Act or the order issued by the Government of Nepal by publishing a Notification in the Nepal Gazette, from time to time.
(a) “Corporation” means the Guthi Corporation under Section 3.
(b) “Chairperson” means the chairperson of the Guthi Corporation.
(b1)5 “Board” means the Board of Directors formed under Section 4.
(b2) 6 “Member” means the member of the Board.
(b3) 7 “Administrator” means the administrator of the Corporation.
(c) “Guthi” means and includes a Guthi (trust) endowed by any philanthropist through relinquishment of his or her title to a movable or immovable property or any other income-yielding property or fund for the operation of any shrine (matha) or
3 Deleted by the Republic Strengthening and Some Nepal Laws Amendment Act, 2066.
4 Deleted by the Republic Strengthening and Some Nepal Laws Amendment Act, 2066.
5 Inserted by the First Amendment.
6 Inserted by the First Amendment.
7 Inserted by the First Amendment.
festival, worship or feast of any God, Goddess or for the construction, operation or maintenance of any temple, shrine (devasthal), rest house (dharmashala), shelter (pati), inn (pauwa), well, tank, road, bridge, pasture, garden, forest, library, school, reading hall, dispensary, treatment facility, house, building or institution for any religious or philanthropic purpose.
(d) “Rajguthi” means a Rajguthi (state trust) which the Guthi Corporation has right and liability in and is being managed and operated by the Guthi Corporation at the time of the commencement of this Act.
(e) “Chhut Guthi” means a Guthi which enjoys exemption so that only the surplus of the Guthi after operating the worship, festival etc. of the Guthi from income as per the deed of donation or royalty is paid to the Rajguthi or the Guthi operators themselves are entitled to the surplus, and by registering the Guthi in the records of Rajghthi prior to the commencement of the Guthi Corporation Act, 2021 (1973) or requiring such registration and that the land revue or taxation of such Guthi land as payable to the Government of Nepal is exempted and that the trustees of the Guthi themselves are entitled to operate and register the Guthi.
(f) “Personal Guthi” means an individual’s private Guthi other than a Rajguthi and Chhut Guthi.
(g) “Guthiyar (trustee)” means a person who is entitled to enjoy the surplus income (shes kasar) of the Guthi or operates the Guthi and is the endower of a Chhut Guthi or personal Guthi or the heir to the endower, and the Mahant and priest (pujari) deputed in the yearly basis to a position of such a Guthi.
(h) “Guthi Raitan Numbari land (Guthi land registered in the name of individual)” means a land the registration holder of which is required to pay the land revenue (malpot) to the Corporation.
(i) “Guthi Numbari land (registered Guthi land)” means a land the Corporation, in the capacity of the landowner, is required to pay the land revenue to the Government of Nepal.
(j) “Guthi Tainathi land (Guthi owned land)” means a land which is not registered in the name of any person and in which the Guthi Corporation has exclusive right.
(k) “Guthi controlled land (Guthi Adhinastha land)” means a land the registration holder of which has being paying in-kind to the Corporation.
(l) “Guthi Jimidari” means the Jimidari in which the land revenue is paid to the Guthi, upon the Guthi having right in any Jimidari area.
(m)8 “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the Bye-laws framed under this Act or the order issued by the Government of Nepal by publishing a Notification in the Nepal Gazette, from time to time.