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Section 101: Collector, members and officers of the Board, deemed to be public servants.

The Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995Central Act · Act 43 of 1995

101. [Collector], members and officers of the Board, deemed to be public servants.--- (1) The [Collector], members of the Board, every officer, every auditor of the Board and every other person duly appointed to discharge any duties imposed on him by this Act or any rule or order made thereunder, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of [clause (28) of section 2 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023)].

(2) Every mutawalli of a [waqf], every member of managing committee, whether constituted by the Board or under any deed of [waqf], every Executive Officer and every person holding any office in a [waqf] shall also be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of [clause (28) of section 2 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023)].

Where this provision sits

ActThe Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995
Section101
Marginal noteCollector, members and officers of the Board, deemed to be public servants.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

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. 42, for "Survey Commissioner" (w.e.f. 08-04-2025).
  • substituted, Act 14 of 2025. . Subs. by Act 14 of 2025, s. 42, for " section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860)" (w.e.f. 08-04-2025).
  • substituted, Act 27 of 2013. . Subs. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 4, for "wakf" (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).

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