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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Wakf Act, 1954 Section 36B

RECOVERY OF WAKF PROPERTY TRANSFERRED IN CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION 36A

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Wakf Act, 1954 Section 36B is part of Wakf Act, 1954 - RECOVERY OF WAKF PROPERTY TRANSFERRED IN CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION 36A. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) If the Board is satisfied, after making an inquiry in such manner as may be prescribed, that any immovable property of a wakf entered as such in the register of wakfs maintained under section 26-, has been transferred without a; previous sanction of the Board in contravention of the provisions of section 36A-, it may send a requisition to the Collector within whose jurisdiction the property is situate to obtain and deliver possession of the property to it.

(2) On receipt of a requisition under sub-section (1), the Collector shall pass an order directing the person in possession of the property to deliver the property to the Board within a period of thirty days from the date of the service of the order.

(3) Every order passed under sub-section (2) shall be served-

(a) by giving or tendering the order or by sending it by post to the person for whom it is intended; or (b) if such person cannot be found, by affixing the order On some conspicuous part of his last-known place of abode or business, or by giving or tendering the order to some adult male member or servant of his family or by causing it to be affixed on some conspicuous part of the property to which it relates:

Provided that where the person on whom the order is to be served is a minor, service upon his guardian or upon any adult male member or servant of his family shall be deemed to be service upon the minor.

(4) Any person aggrieved by the order of the Collector under sub-sec.

(2) may, within, a period of thirty days from the date of the service of the order, prefer an appeal to the district court within whose jurisdiction the property is situate and the decision of the district court on such appeal shall be final.

Explanation.-In this sub-section, "district court" means, in any area for which there is a city civil court, that court, and, in any other area, the principal civil court of original jurisdiction.

(5) Where an order passed under sub-section (2) has not been complied with and the time for appealing against such order has expired without an appeal having been preferred or the appeal, if any, preferred within that time has been dismissed, the Collector shall obtain possession of the property in respect of which the order has been made, using such force, if any, as may be necessary for the purpose and deliver it to the board.

(6) In exercising his functions under this section, the Collector shall be guided by such rules as may be made in this behalf by the State Government.]

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What does Wakf Act, 1954 Section 36B provide?

Section Section 36B of the Wakf Act, 1954 (RECOVERY OF WAKF PROPERTY TRANSFERRED IN CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION 36A) is reproduced on this page as part of the Wakf Act, 1954. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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