Section 58
Power of Board to pay dues in case of default by mutawalli.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the better administration of Auqaf and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) Where a mutawalli refuses
to pay or fails to pay any revenue, cess, rates or taxes due to the Government or any local authority, the
Board may discharge dues from the 1
[Waqf] Fund and may recover the amount so paid from the 1
[waqf]
property and may also recover damages not exceeding twelve and a half per cent. of the amount so paid.
(2) Any sum of money due under sub-section (1) may, on a certificate issued by the Board after giving the mutawalli concerned an opportunity of being heard, be recovered in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue.
(2) Any sum of money due under sub-section (1) may, on a certificate issued by the Board after giving the mutawalli concerned an opportunity of being heard, be recovered in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 4, for "wakf" (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).