Section Text
1) The mutawalli of every 1[waqf], the net annual income of which is not less than five thousand rupees, shall pay annually, out of the net annual income derived by the 1[waqf], such contributions, not exceeding seven per cent. of such annual income, as may be prescribed, to the Board for the services rendered by such Board to the 1[waqf].
Explanation I .—For the purposes of this Act, “net annual income” shall mean the gross income of the 1[waqf] from all sources, including nazars and offerings which do not amount to contributions to the corpus of the 3[auqaf], in a year after deducting therefrom the following, namely:— (i) the land revenue paid by it to the Government;
(ii) the rates, cesses, taxes and licence fees, paid by it to the Government or any local authority;
(iii) expenditure incurred for all or any of the 4[in respect of lands directly under cultivation by the mutawalli for the benefit of the waqf], namely:— (a) maintenance of, or repairs to, irrigation works, which shall not include the capital cost of irrigation;
(b) seeds or seedlings;
(c) manure;
(d) purchase and maintenance of agricultural implements;
(e) purchase and maintenance of cattle for cultivation;
(f) wages for ploughing, watering, sowing, transplanting, harvesting, threshing and other agricultural operations:
Provided that the total deduction in respect of an expenditure incurred under this clause shall not exceed 5[twenty per cent.] of the income derived from lands belonging to the 1[waqf]: