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Wakf Act, 1995 Complete Act

Title: Wakf Act, 1995

State: Central

Year: 1995

Preamble1 - WAKF ACT, 1995 Chapter 1 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Application of the Act Section3 - Definitions Chapter II Section4 - Preliminary survey of wakfs Section5 - Publication of list of wakf Section6 - Disputes regarding wakfs Section7 - Power of Tribunal to determine disputes regarding wakfs Section8 - Recovery of costs of survey Chapter III Section9 - Establishment and constitution of Central Wakf Council Section10 - Finance of Council Section11 - Accounts and Audit Section12 - Power of Central Government to make rules Chapter 4 Section13 - Incorporation Section14 - Composition of Board Section15 - Term of office Section16 - Disqualification for being appointed, or for continuing as, a member of the Board Section17 - Meetings of the Board Section18 - Committees of the Board Section19 - Resignation of Chairperson and members Section20 - Removal of Chairperson and member Section21 - Pilling of a vacancy Section22 - Vacancies etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Board Section23 - Appointment of Chief Executive Officer and his term of office and other conditions of service Section24 - Officers and other employees.....

Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1913 Complete Act

Title: Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1913

State: Central

Year: 1913

Preamble1 - MUSSALMAN WAKF VALIDATING ACT, 1913 Section1 - Short title and extent Section2 - Defintions Section3 - Power of Mussalmans to create certain wakfs Section4 - Wakfs not to be invalid by reason of remoteness of benefit to poor, etc. Section5 - Saving of local and sectarian custom

Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 Complete Act

Title: Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923

State: Central

Year: 1923

Preamble1 - MUSSALMAN WAKF ACT, 1923 Section1 - Short tittle extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Obligation to furnish particulars relating to wakf Section4 - Publication of particulars and requisition of further particulars Section5 - Statement of accounts Section6 - Audit of account Section7 - Mutawalli entitled to pay cost of audit, etc., from wakf funds Section8 - Verification Section9 - Inspection and copies Section10 - Penalties Section11 - Power to make rules Section12 - Saving Section13 - Exemption

Public Wakfe Extension of Limitation Act 1959 Complete Act

Title: Public Wakfe Extension of Limitation Act 1959

State: Central

Year: 1959

Preamble1 - PUBLIC WAKFS (EXTENSION OF LIMITATION) ACT, 1959 Section1 - Short title and extent.- Section2 - Definition.- Section3 - Extension of period of limitation in certain cases for suits to re over possession of immovable property forming part of public wakfs.- Section4 - Repeal and saving.- Amending ActI - Amendment Act (22 of 67) No. 1 Amending ActII - Amendment Act (9 of 69) No. 2 Amending ActIII - Amendment Act (9 of 72) No. 3 Amending ActIV - Amendment Act (9 of 74) No. 4 Amending ActV - Amendment Act (12 of 78) No. 5 Amending ActVI - Amendment Act (39 of 82) No. 6

Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1930 Complete Act

Title: Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1930

State: Central

Year: 1930

Preamble1 - MUSSALMAN WAKF VALIDATING Act, 1930 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Act 6 of 1913 to apply retrospectively

Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2013, (Central) Complete Act

Title: the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2013

State: Central

Year: 2013

Preamble - THE WAKF (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013 Section 1 - Short title and commencement Section 2 - Amendment of long title Section 3 - Amendment of section 1 Section 4 - Substitution of references to certain expressions by certain other expressions Section 5 - Amendment of section 3 Section 6 - Amendment of section 4 Section 7 - Amendment of section 5 Section 8 - Amendment of section 6 Section 9 - Amendment of section 7 Section 10 - Substitution of new section for section 8 Section 11 - Amendment of section 9 Section 12 - Amendment of section 13 Section 13 - Amendment of section 14 Section 14 - Amendment of section 15 Section 15 - Amendment of section 16 Section 16 - Insertion of new section 20A Section 17 - Amendment of section 23 Section 18 - Substitution of new section for section 27 Section 19 - Substitution of new section for section 28 Section 20 - Amendment of section 29 Section 21 - Amendment of section 31 Section 22 - Amendment of section 32 Section 23 - Amendment of section 33 Section 24 - Amendment of section 36 Section 25 - Amendment of section 37 Section 26 - Amendment of section 44 Section 27 - Amendment of section 46 Section 28 - Amendment of.....

Wakf Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....cases. 3. The present Bill seeks to achieve these objects.-Gaz. of Ind., 3-8- 19S9, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext., P. 579. Amending Act 34 of 1964.- The Wakf Act, 1954 was enacted to provide for the better administration and supervision of wakfs. The Act was amended in 1959 for the limited purpose of removing certain difficulties arising out of reorganisation of States. Experience of the working of the Act over the last ten years has revealed certain difficulties. It is, therefore, proposed to amend the Act to remove these difficulties and to ensure better administration of wakfs by mutawallis, 2. The main features of the Bill are: (i) The definition of beneficiary in regard to objects of public utility is being broadened to cover all objects obtained by Muslim law. Endowments made by nun-Muslims for support of certain Muslim religious and pious institutions will also come under the purview of the Act. (ii) A Central Wakf Council is proposed to be established. (iii) A provision is being made to enable the establishment of separate Sunni and Shia Boards in any State in which the Shia Wakfs constitute in number more than fifteen per cent. of the total number of wakfs In that State or the.....

Wakf Act, 1995 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....to the commencement of that provision in such State or area. SECTION 02: APPLICATION OF THE ACT Save as otherwise expressly provided under this Act, this Act shall apply to all wakfs whether created before or after the commencement of this Act : Provided that nothing in this Act shall apply to Dargah Khawaja Saheb, Ajmer to whichthe Dargah Khawaja Saheb Act, 1955 (?? of 1955)applies. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) "beneficiary" means a person or object for whose benefit a wakf is created and includes religious, pious and charitable objects and any other objects of public utility sanctioned by the Muslim law; (b) "benefit" does not include any benefit which a mutawalli is entitled to claim solely by reason of his being such mutawalli; (c) "Board" means a Board of Wakf established under sub-section (1), or as the case may be, under sub-section (2) of section 13-and shall include a common Wakf Board established under section 106-; (d) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 23-; (e) "Council" means the Central Wakf Council established under section 9-; (f).....

Wakf Act, 1995 Chapter 4

Title: Establishment of Board and their Functions

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....or any member thereof if he (a) is or becomes subject to any disqualifications specified in section 16; or (b) refuses to act or is incapable of acting or acts in a manner which the State Government, after hearing any explanation that he may offer, considers to be prejudicial to the interests of the wakfs; or (c) fails in the opinion of the Board, to attend three consecutive meetings of the Board, without sufficient excuse. (2) Where the Chairperson of the Board is removed under sub-section (1), he shall also cease to be a member of the Board. Section 21 - Pilling of a vacancy When the seat of a member becomes vacant by his removal, resignation, death or otherwise, a new member shall be appointed in his place and such member shall hold office so long as the member whose place he fills would have been entitled to hold office, if such vacancy had not occurred. Section 22 - Vacancies etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Board No act or proceeding of the Board shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy amongst its members or any defect in the constitution thereof. Section 23 - Appointment of Chief Executive Officer and his term of office.....

Wakf Act, 1995 Chapter II

Title: Survey of Wakfs

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....or other legal proceeding shall lie against him in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rules made thereunder. (4) The list of wakfs shall, unless it is modified in pursuance of a decision or the Tribunal under sub-section (1), be final and conclusive. (5) On and from the commencement of this Act in a State, no suit or other legal proceeding shall be instituted or commenced in a court in that State in relation to any question referred to in sub-section (1). Section 7 - Power of Tribunal to determine disputes regarding wakfs (1) If, after the commencement of this Act, any question arises, whether a particular property specified as wakf property in a list of wakfs is wakf property or not, or whether a wakf specified in such list is a Shia wakf or a Sunni wakf, the Board or the mutawalli of the wakf, or any person interested therein, may apply to the Tribunal having jurisdiction in relation to such property, for the decision of the question and the decision of the Tribunal thereon shall be final: Provided that (a) in the case of the list of wakfs relating to any part of the State and published after.....