Section 74: Deduction of contribution from perpetual annuity payable to the waqf.

74. Deduction of contribution from perpetual annuity payable to the [waqf].--(1) Every authority empowered to disburse any perpetual annuity payable to a [waqf] under any law relating to the abolition of zamindars or jagirs, or laying down land ceilings, shall, on receipt of a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, specifying the amount of contribution payable by the [waqf] under section 72 which remains unpaid, deduct before making payment of the perpetual annuity to the [waqf], the amount specified in such certificate and remit the amount so deducted to the Chief Executive Officer.

(2) Every amount remitted under sub-section (1) to the Chief Executive Officer shall be deemed to be a payment made by the [waqf] and shall, to the extent of the amount so remitted, operate as a full discharge of the liability of such authority with regard to the payment of the perpetual annuity.