Should be interpreted as a code ( Code = a systematic statement of a body of law especially: Now the question arises: If it is a code then it should have been written like a code and In spite of the above facts most Amritdhari Sikhs were unanimous in accepting itĪs an approved statute by the Akal Takht and the SGPC, when I discussed it with them.

Or SGPC, where the presently circulated Sikh Rehit Maryada (Sikh Code of Conduct) has been declared as a I have not come across any such edict (Hukm Nama), issued by the Akal Takht Whether the recommended additions and deletions were done or not. However, it is not clear from it and elsewhere in the text, Religious Advisory Committee, to be done. It means that there were some additions and deletions, recommended by the Consequently the SGPC in its meeting of February 3,ġ945 vide resolution # 97 has approved to do additions and deletions according to the recommendations of After 14 years the Religious AdvisoryĬommittee submitted the draft to the SGPC on January 7, 1945. The draft prepared by this committee wasįurther discussed by the Religious Advisory Committee of the SGPC. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) during 1931. Keeping in view that many Rehits in various Rehit Namae lacked logic and were contrary to Gurbani,Ī new Sikh Rehit Maryada, Code of Conduct, was drafted by the Rouh Reet Committee, appointed by the

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SIKH REHIT MARYADA Devinder Singh Chahal, PhD CODES FOR DISCUSSION:

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