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 58: Power of Board to pay dues in case of default by mutawalli.
    (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.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 4, for "wakf" (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).
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