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(ii) in sub-section (2),-
(a) in the opening paragraph, for the words five persons, the words seven persons and for the words three persons, the words five persons shall respectively be substituted;
(b) for the fifth proviso, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
provided also that two members of the Board of Trustees shall be prominent persons with a long track record of philanthropy and support to Hindu Religious Institutions.
The effect and impact of the changes aforestated shall be dealt with hereinafter.

By way of Act No.8 of 2014, Section 15(2) was also amended whereby the number of members in Trust Boards for temples falling under Sections 6(b) and 6(c) of the Act of 1987 was also increased. For temples falling within Section 6(b), the number of Trust Board members was increased from 5 to 7 and for Section 6(c) temples, the number of members grew from 3 to 5. By way of the new fifth Proviso to Section 15, two members of the Board of Trustees, instead of the earlier one member, were required to be prominent persons with a long track record of philanthropy and support to Hindu Religious Institutions. Earlier, the one member categorized under this Proviso was also required to be a prominent donor but that requirement has been done away with and the present two members falling under this category are only required to be prominent persons and not donors. Section 96 of the Act of 1987 dealing with Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams was also amended, but the same is of no relevance presently.