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 66: Powers of appointment and removal of mutawalli when to be exercised by the State Government.
    Whenever a deed of 1 [waqf] or any decree or order of a court of any scheme of management of any 1 [waqf] provides that a court or any authority other than a Board may appoint or remove a mutawalli or settle or modify such scheme of management or otherwise exercise superintendence over the 1 [waqf\, then, notwithstanding anything contained in such deed of 1 [waqf], decree, order or scheme, such powers aforesaid shall be exercisable by the State Government:
     Provided that where a Board has been established, the State Government shall consult the Board before exercising such powers.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 4, for "wakf" (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).
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