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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Wakf Act, 1995 Section 8

Recovery of Costs of Survey

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Wakf Act, 1995 Section 8 is part of Wakf Act, 1995 - Recovery of Costs of Survey. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The total cost of making a survey including the cost of publication of the list or lists of wakfs under this Chapter shall be borne by all the mutawalli of the wakfs the net annual income whereof exceeds five hundred rupees, in proportion to the net annual income accruing in the State to such wakfs, such proportion being assessed by the Survey Commissioner.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the deed or instrument by which the wakf was created, any mutawalli may pay from the income of the wakf any sum due from him under sub-section (1).

(3) Any sum due from a mutawalli under sub-section (1) may, on a certificate issued by the State Government, be recovered from the property comprised in the wakf in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue.

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What does Wakf Act, 1995 Section 8 provide?

Section Section 8 of the Wakf Act, 1995 (Recovery of Costs of Survey) is reproduced on this page as part of the Wakf Act, 1995. 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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