Where the person, ordered under [sub-section (4)] of section 54 to remove any encroachment, omits or fails to remove such encroachment, within the time specified in the order or, as the case may be, fails to vacate the land, building, space or other property to which the order relates, within the time aforesaid, the Chief Executive Officer may [refer the order of the Tribunal to the Executive Magistrate] within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the land, building, space or other property, is situate for evicting the encroacher, and, thereupon, such Magistrate shall make an order directing the encroacher to remove the encroachment, or, as the case may be, vacate the land, building, space or other property and to deliver possession thereof to the concerned mutawalli and in default of compliance with the order, remove the encroachment or, as the case may be, evict the encroacher from the land, building, space or other property and may, for this purpose, take such police assistance as may be necessary.
Section 55: Enforcement of orders made under section 54.
The Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995Central Act · Act 43 of 1995
Where this provision sits
| Act | The Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995 |
|---|---|
| Section | 55 |
| Marginal note | Enforcement of orders made under section 54. |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
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- substituted. . Subs. by s. 33, ibid., for "sub-section (3)" (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).
- substituted. . Subs. by s. 33, ibid., for "apply to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate" (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).
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