Section 32:
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32. Persons to be appointed as mutawalli
(1) A mutawalli shall be appointed for the management or administration
of every waqf.
(2) A mutawalli may do all acts which are reasonable and proper for the
protection of the waqf property, and for the management or administration
of the waqf property.
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(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5)—
(a) a person appointed to be mutawalli by the founder of the waqf,
including a female or a non-Muslim;
(b) the founder of the waqf himself; and
(c) the children or descendants of the founder of the waqf,
may become mutawallis of a waqf.
(4) Where the mutawalli has to perform religious or spiritual functions
which cannot be performed by a female, a female may not be appointed as
mutawalli.
(5) Where a person of unsound mind is purported to be appointed as a
mutawalli, his appointment shall be void.
(6) Where the office of mutawalli devolves upon a person who is a minor, the Court may appoint another mutawalli to act in his place during his
minority.