Act Number: 42

Act Name: The Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923

Year: 1923

Enactment Date: 1923-08-05

Long Title: An Act to make provision for the better management of wakf property and for ensuring the keeping and publication of proper accounts in respect of such properties

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 10: Penalties.
    Any person who is required by or under section 3 or section 4 to furnish a statement of particulars or any document relating to a wakf, or who is required by Section 5 to furnish a statement of accounts, shall, if he, without reasonable cause the burden of proving which shall lie upon him fails to furnish such statement or document, as the case may be, in due time, or furnishes a statement which he knows or has reason to believe to be false, misleading or untrue in any material particular, or, in the case of a statement of account, furnishes a statement which has not been audited in the manner required by Section 6, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees1 .
Notes:
    1. In the application of the Act to Bombay new ss. 10A to 10D have been ins. by the Mussalman Wakf (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1935 (Bom. 18 of 1935) S. 13.
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