In making appointments of trustees under section 39 or 41, the Commissioner or the Area Committee, as the case may be, shall have due regard to the claims of persons belonging to religious denomination for whose benefit the institution concerned is chiefly maintained.
State Act · Kerala · Chapter III — Religious Institutions — General Provisions
Section 43 Claims of certain persons to be trustees
Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951 · Edition: Malabar, Kerala reference edition including the 2008 amendment