Section 3. Act not to apply to certain inams.

Nothing in this Act shall apply to- (i) devastan inams or inams held for religious or charitable institution ; and (ii) inams other than Bhil Naik Inams held for service useful to Government in a inam village or inam land. 1[Explanation.-For the purposes of this section an inam held for a religious or charitable institution shall mean a Devasthan or Dharmadaya inam granted or recognised by the ruling authority for the time being for a religious or charitable institution and entered as such in the alienation register kept under section 53 of the Code or in the records kept under the rules made under the Pensions Act, 1871(XXIII of 1871).]