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Section 5: Publication of list of auqaf.

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

5. Publication of list of [auqaf].--- (1) On receipt of a report under [sub-section (1)] of section 4, the State Government shall forward a copy of the same to the Board.

(2) The Board shall examine the report forwarded to it under sub-section (1) and [fordward it back to the Government within a period of six months for publication in the Official Gazette] a list of Sunni [auqaf] or Shia [auqaf] [or Aghakhani auqaf or Bohra auqaf] in the State, whether in existence at the commencement of this Act or coming into existence thereafter, to which the report relates, and containing such other particulars as may be prescribed.

[(2A) The State Government shall upload the notified list of auqaf on the portal and database within ninety days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette under sub-section (2).

(2B) The details of each waqf shall contain the identification, boundaries of waqf properties, their use and occupier, details of the creator, mode and date of such creation, purpose of waqf, their present mutawallis and management in such manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government.]

[[(3) The revenue authorities, before deciding mutation in the land records, in accordance with revenue laws in force, shall give a public notice of ninety days, in two daily newspapers circulating in the localities of such area of which one shall be in the regional language and give the affected persons an opportunity of being heard.]

(4) The State Government shall maintain a record of the lists published under sub-section (2) from time to time [on the portal and database].]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995
Section5
Marginal notePublication of list of auqaf.
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 27 of 2013. . Subs. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 4, for "wakfs" (w.e.f. 01-11-2013).
  • substituted, Act 14 of 2025. . Subs. by Act 14 of 2025, s. 7, for "sub-section (3)" (w.e.f. 08-04-2025).
  • substituted, Act 27 of 2013. . Subs. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 7, for "publish in the Official Gazette" (w.e.f. 01-11-2013).
  • inserted, Act 14 of 2025. . Ins. by Act 14 of 2025, s. 7 (w.e.f. 08-04-2025).
  • inserted, Act 27 of 2013. . Ins. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 7 (w.e.f. 01-11-2013).
  • substituted, Act 14 of 2025. . Subs. by Act 14 of 2025, s. 7, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 08-04-2025).

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