Act Number: 43

Act Name: The Waqf Act, 1995

Year: 1995

Enactment Date: 1995-11-22

Long Title: An Act to provide for the better administration of Auqaf and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Minority Affairs

Department:

Section 16: Disqualification for being appointed, or for continuing as, a member of the Board.
    A person shall be disqualified for being appointed, or for continuing as, a member of the Board if--
         (a) he is not a Muslim and is less than twenty-one years of age;
         (b) he is found to be a person of unsound mind;
         (c) he is an undischarged insolvent;
         (d) he has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude and such conviction has not been reversed or he has not been granted full pardon in respect of such offence;
         1[(da) he has been held guilty of encroachment on any waqf property;]
         (e) he has been on a previous occasion--
             (i) removed from his office as a member or as a mutawalli, or
             (ii) removed by an order of a competent court or tribunal from any position of trust either for mismanagement or for corruption.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 15 (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).
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