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 74: Deduction of contribution from perpetual annuity payable to the waqf.
    74. Deduction of contribution from perpetual annuity payable to the 1[waqf].--(1) Every authority empowered to disburse any perpetual annuity payable to a 1[waqf] under any law relating to the abolition of zamindars or jagirs, or laying down land ceilings, shall, on receipt of a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, specifying the amount of contribution payable by the 1under section 72 which remains unpaid, deduct before making payment of the perpetual annuity to the 2[waqf], the amount specified in such certificate and remit the amount so deducted to the Chief Executive Officer.
     (2) Every amount remitted under sub-section (1) to the Chief Executive Officer shall be deemed to be a payment made by the 2[waqf] and shall, to the extent of the amount so remitted, operate as a full discharge of the liability of such authority with regard to the payment of the perpetual annuity.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 4, for "wakf" (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).
2. Subs. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 4, for "wakf" (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).
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