Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act, 1925

The Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act, 1925 (Act XXIV of 1925) supplements the separate Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 (a Punjab provincial law) on a narrow jurisdictional point. Section 1 says it comes into force on a date to be appointed by the Provincial Government under the main Sikh Gurdwaras Act.

Section 2 is the operative provision: to the extent the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 adds to or takes away from the jurisdiction of the High Court at Lahore, or prescribes that Court's procedure, it is to be treated as valid as if it had been passed by the Central Legislature (rather than the Provincial Legislature) — addressing a potential constitutional/legislative-competence gap, since provincial legislatures historically could not alter a High Court's jurisdiction.

Section 3 was later repealed by the Repealing Act, 1938, per the extract's footnote.

This is a narrow, century-old technical validating statute tied to the administration of Sikh Gurdwaras (temples) under the main 1925 Punjab Act; it has no independent substantive content of its own beyond curing that jurisdictional defect.