The Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995Central Act · Act 43 of 1995
(1) This Act may be called the [Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development] Act, 1995.
(2) It extends to the whole of India .
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different areas within a State and for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act, shall, in relation to any State or area therein, be construed as reference to the commencement of that provision in such State or area.
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
substituted, Act 14 of 2025. . Subs. by Act 14 of 2025, s. 2, for "Waqf" (w.e.f. 08-04-2025).
omitted, Act 34 of 2019. . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
other. . 1st January, 1996, vide notification No. S.O. 1007 (E), dated 27th December, 1995, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
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