Section 44A: Compulsory registration of waqf property
consolidated text (as at 1992). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
44A. Compulsory registration of waqf property
(1) A mutawalli or other person having the administration, control or possession of waqf property not registered with the Board shall cause such
waqf property to be so registered within one month of his assuming the
functions of mutawalli or the administration, control or possession of such
waqf property.
(2) Any person bound to register waqf property under subsection (1) who
fails to do so without a valid excuse shall commit an offence and shall, on
conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 rupees or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 6 months.
(3) The validity of an excuse advanced by a person prosecuted for the
offence provided under this section shall be a question for the trial Court.
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