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THE WAQF (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025

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Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India

as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be called the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by

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2. In section 1 of the Waqf Act, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the principal

Act), in sub-section (1), for the word “Waqf”, the words “Unified Waqf

Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development” shall be substituted.

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Extra No. 8

The Gujarat Government Gazette

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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2025 / ASHADHA 5, 1947

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a Separate Compilation.

PART - VI

Acts of Parliament and Ordinances promulgated by the President

LEGISLATIVE AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, 26^th June, 2025

No. RPB/Act-14/2025/E:- The Following Act of Parliament is republished for general information:-

Government of India

Ministry of Law and Justice

Legislative Department

New Delhi, the 5^th April, 2025/Chaitra 15, 1947 (Saka)

The following Act of Parliament has received the assent of the President on the 5^th April, 2025 is

hereby published for general information:-

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shall be inserted, namely:—

“Provided further that nothing in this Act shall, notwithstanding any

judgement, decree or order of any court, apply to a trust (by whatever name

called) established before or after the commencement of this Act or

statutorily regulated by any statutory provision pertaining to public

charities, by a Muslim for purpose similar to a waqf under any law for the

time being in force.”.

4 In section 3 of the principal Act,—

(i) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

‘(aa) “Aghakhani waqf” means a waqf dedicated by an

Aghakhani waqif;’;

(ii) after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

‘(ca) “Bohra waqf” means a waqf dedicated by a Bohra waqif;’;

(iii) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

‘(da) “Collector” includes the Collector of land-revenue of a

district, or the Deputy Commissioner, or any officer not below the

rank of Deputy Collector authorised in writing by the Collector;’;

(iv) after clause (f), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:—

‘(fa)

“Government

Organisation”

includes

the

Central

Government, State Governments, Municipalities, Panchayats, attached

and subordinate offices and autonomous bodies of the Central

Government or State Government, or any organisation or Institution

owned and controlled by the Central Government or State Government;

(fb) “Government property” means movable or immovable

property or any part thereof, belonging to a Government

Organisation;’;

(v) in clause (i), the words “, either verbally or” shall be omitted;

(vi) after clause (k), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

‘(ka) “portal and database” means the waqf asset management

system or any other system set up by the Central Government for the

registration, accounts, audit and any other detail of waqf and the

Board, as may be prescribed by the Central Government;’;

(vii) for clause (l), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

‘(l) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;’;

(viii) clause (p) shall be omitted;

(ix) in clause (r),—

(a) in the opening portion, for the words “any person, of any

movable or immovable property”, the words “any person showing or

demonstrating that he is practising Islam for at least five years, of any

movable or immovable property, having ownership of such property

and that there is no contrivance involved in the dedication of such

property,” shall be substituted;

(b) sub-clause (i) shall be omitted;

“, or maintenance of widow, divorced woman and orphan, if waqif so

intends, in such manner, as may be prescribed by the Central

Government,” shall be inserted;

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(d) in the long line, for the words “any person”, the words “any

such person” shall be substituted;

(e) the following proviso shall be inserted at the end, namely:—

“Provided that the existing waqf by user properties

registered on or before the commencement of the Waqf

(Amendment) Act, 2025 as waqf by user will remain as waqf

properties except that the property, wholly or in part, is in

dispute or is a government property;”.

5 After section 3 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be

inserted, namely:—

“3A. (1) No person shall create a waqf unless he is the lawful owner

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(2) The creation of a waqf-alal-aulad shall not result in denial of

inheritance rights of heirs, including women heirs, of the waqif or any other

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% (1) Every waqf registered under this Act, prior to the

commencement of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, shall file the details

of the waqf and the property dedicated to the waqf on the portal and

database, within a period of six months from such commencement:

Provided that the Tribunal may, on an application made to it by the

mutawalli, extend such period of six months under this section for a further

period not exceeding six months as it may consider appropriate, if he satisfies

the Tribunal that he had sufficient cause for not filing the details of the waqf on

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(2) The details of the waqf under sub-section (1), amongst other

information, shall include the following, namely:—

(a) the identification and boundaries of waqf properties, their use

and occupier;

(b) the name and address of the creator of the waqf, mode and

date of such creation;

(d) the present mutawalli and its management;

(e) the gross annual income from such waqf properties;

(f) the amount of land-revenue, cesses, rates and taxes annually

payable in respect of the waqf properties;

(g) an estimate of the expenses annually incurred in the

realisation of the income of the waqf properties;

(h) the amount set apart under the waqf for—

(i) the salary of the mutawalli and allowances to the

individuals;

(ii) purely religious purposes;

(iii) charitable purposes; and

(iv) any other purposes;

(i) details of court cases, if any, involving such waqf property;

(j) any other particular as may be prescribed by the Central

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& (1) Any Government property identified or declared as waqf

property, before or after the commencement of this Act, shall not be deemed

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(2) If any question arises as to whether any such property is a

Government property, the State Government may, by notification, designate

on Officer above the rank of Collector (hereinafter referred to as the

designated officer), who shall conduct an inquiry as per law, and determine

whether such property is a Government property or not and submit his report

to the State Government:

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(3) In case the designated officer determines the property to be a

Government property, he shall make necessary corrections in revenue

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(4) The State Government shall, on receipt of the report of the designated

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'Any declaration or notification issued under this Act or under any

previous Act in respect of waqf properties shall be void, if such property was a

protected monument or protected area under the Ancient Monuments

Preservation Act, 1904 or the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and

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the time being in force, no land belonging to members of Scheduled Tribes

under the provisions of the Fifth Schedule or the Sixth Schedule to the

Constitution shall be declared or deemed to be waqf property.”.

6 In section 4 of the principal Act,—

(a) for the marginal heading, the marginal heading “Survey of auqaf.”

shall be substituted;

(b) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(1) Any survey of auqaf pending before the Survey Commissioner,

on the commencement of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, shall be

transferred to the Collector having jurisdiction and the Collector shall

make the survey in accordance with the procedure in the revenue laws of

the State, from the stage such survey is transferred to the Collector, and

submit his report to the State Government.”;

(d) in sub-section (4), in the opening portion, for the words “Survey

Commissioner”, the word “Collector” shall be substituted;

(e) in sub-section (5), after the words “Sunni waqf”, the words “or

Aghakhani waqf or Bohra waqf” shall be inserted;

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7 In section 5 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1), for the word, brackets and figure “sub-section (3)”,

the word, brackets and figure “sub-section (1)” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (2), after the words “Shia auqaf”, the words “or

Aghakhani auqaf or Bohra auqaf” shall be inserted;

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namely:—

“(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.”;

(d) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(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.”;

(e) in sub-section (4), after the words “time to time”, the words “on

the portal and database” shall be inserted.

8 In section 6 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1),—

(i) after the words “Sunni waqf”, the words “or Aghakhani waqf

or Bohra waqf” shall be inserted;

(ii) the words “and the decision of the Tribunal in respect of such

matter shall be final” shall be omitted;

(iii) in the first proviso, for the words “one year”, the words “two

years” shall be substituted;

(iv) for the second proviso, the following proviso shall be

substituted, namely:—

“Provided further that an application may be entertained by

the Tribunal after the period of two years specified in the first

proviso, if the applicant satisfies the Tribunal that he has sufficient

cause for not making the application within such period:”;

(b) in sub-section (3), for the words “Survey Commissioner”, the word

“Collector” shall be substituted.

9 In section 7 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),—

(i) after the words “Sunni waqf”, the words “or Aghakhani waqf or

Bohra waqf” shall be inserted;

(ii) the words “and the decision of the Tribunal thereon shall be final”

shall be omitted;

(iii) in the first proviso, for the words “one year” wherever they occur,

the words “two years” shall be substituted;

(iv) in the second proviso, for the words “Provided further that”, the

following shall be substituted, namely:—

“Provided further that an application may be entertained by the

Tribunal after the period of two years specified in the first proviso, if

the applicant satisfies the Tribunal that he had sufficient cause for not

making the application within such period:

Provided also that”.

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10. In section 9 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the following

sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—

“(2) The Council shall consist of—

(a) the Union Minister in charge of waqf—Chairperson, ex officio;

(b) three Members of Parliament of whom two shall be from the

House of the People and one from the Council of States;

Government from amongst Muslims, namely:—

(i) three persons to represent Muslim organisations having

all India character and national importance;

(ii) Chairpersons of three Boards by rotation;

(iii) one person to represent the mutawallis of the waqf

having a gross annual income of five lakh rupees and above;

(iv) three persons who are eminent scholars in Muslim law;

(d) two persons who have been Judges of the Supreme Court or

a High Court;

(e) one Advocate of national eminence;

(f) four persons of national eminence, one each from the fields

of administration or management, financial management, engineering

or architecture and medicine;

(g) Additional Secretary or Joint Secretary to the Government of

India dealing with waqf matters in

the Union Ministry or

department—member, ex officio:

Provided that two of the members appointed under clause (c) shall

be women:

Provided further that two members appointed under this sub-section,

excluding ex officio members, shall be non-0XVOLP”.

11 In section 13 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2A), the following

sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—

“(2A) The State Government may, if it deems necessary, by

notification in the Official Gazette, establish a separate Board of Auqaf for

Bohras and Aghakhanis.”.

12 In section 14 of the principal Act,—

(a) for sub-sections (1), (1A), (2), (3) and (4), the following

sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:—

“(1) The Board for a State and the National Capital Territory of

Delhi shall consist of, not more than eleven members, to be nominated

by the State Government,—

(a) a Chairperson;

(b) (i) one Member of Parliament from the State or, as the

case may be, the National Capital Territory of Delhi;

(ii) one Member of the State Legislature;

(c)

the following members belonging to Muslim

community, namely:—

(i) one mutawalli of the waqf having an annual

income of one lakh rupees and above;

(ii) one eminent scholar of Islamic theology;

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(iii) two or more elected members from the

Municipalities or Panchayats:

Provided that in case there is no Muslim member available

from any of the categories in sub-clauses (i) to (iii), additional

members from category in sub-clause (iii) may be nominated;

(d) two persons who have professional experience in

business management, social work, finance or revenue,

agriculture and development activities;

(e) Joint Secretary to the State Government dealing with

the waqf matters, ex officio;

(f) one Member of the Bar Council of the concerned State

or Union territory:

Provided that two members of the Board appointed under

clause (c) shall be women:

Provided further that two of total members of the Board

appointed under this sub-section, excluding ex officio members, shall

be non-Muslim:

Provided also that the Board shall have at least one member each

from Shia, Sunni and other backward classes among Muslim

Communities:

Provided also that one member each from Bohra and Aghakhani

communities shall be nominated in the Board in case they have

functional auqaf in the State or Union territory:

Provided also that the elected members of Board holding office

on the commencement of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 shall

continue to hold office as such until tKHH[SLU\RIWKHLUWHUPRIRIILFH

(2) No Minister of the Central Government or, as the case may

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(3) In case of a Union territory, the Board shall consist of not

less than five and not more than seven members to be nominated by

the Central Government under sub-section (1).”;

(b) for sub-section (6), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(6) In determining the number of members belonging to Shia,

Sunni, Bohra, Aghakhani or other backward classes among Muslim

communities, the State Government or, as the case may be, the Central

Government in case of a Union territory shall have regard to the

number and value of Shia, Sunni, Bohra, Aghakhani and other

backward classes among Muslim auqaf to be administered by the

Board and appointment of the members shall be made, so far as may

be, in accordance with such determination.”;

13 In section 16 of the principal Act,—

(i) for clause (a), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:—

“(a) he is less than twenty-one years of age;

(aa) in case of a member under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of

section 14, he is not a Muslim;”;

(ii) for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(d) he has been convicted of any offence and sentenced to

imprisonment for not less than two years;”.

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14 In section 17 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after the words

“shall meet”, the words “at least once in every month” shall be inserted.

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16 In section 23 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following

sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—

“(1) There shall be a full-time Chief Executive Officer of the Board to

be appointed by the State Government and who shall be not below the rank

of Joint Secretary to the State Government.”.

17. In section 28 of the principal Act, for the words “be responsible for

implementation of the decisions of the Board which may be”, the words

“implement the decision of the Board within forty-five days from the date it is”

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18 ,QVHFWLRQRIWKHSULQFLSDO$FWLQVXE-section (2), for the words and

figures “section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872”, the words and figures

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19 In section 32 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (2), in clause (e), the Explanation and the proviso

shall be omitted;

(b) in sub-section (3), the words “and the decision of the Tribunal

thereon shall be final” shall be omitted.

20 In section 33 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (4), in the proviso, the words, brackets and figure

“and the Tribunal shall have no power to make any order staying pending

the disposal of the appeal, the operation of the order made by the Chief

Executive Officer under sub-section (3)” shall be omitted;

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21. In section 36 of the principal Act,—

(a) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(1A) On and from the commencement of the Waqf

(Amendment) Act, 2025, no waqf shall be created without execution

of a waqf deed.”;

(b) in sub-section (3),—

(i) in the opening portion, for the words “in such form and manner

and at such place as the Board may by regulation provide”, the words

“to the Board through the portal and database” shall be substituted;

(ii) for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(f) any other particulars as may be prescribed by the

Central Government.”;

or a copy thereof cannot be obtained, shall contain full particulars, as far as

they are known to the applicant, of the origin, nature and objects of the

waqf” shall be omitted;

(d) for sub-section (7), the following sub-sections shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(7) On receipt of an application for registration, the Board shall

forward the application to the Collector having jurisdiction to inquire

the genuineness and validity of the application and correctness of any

particulars therein and submit a report to the Board:

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Provided that if the application is made by any person other than

the person administering the waqf, the Board shall, before registering

the waqf, give notice of the application to the person administering the

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(7A) Where the Collector in his report mentions that the

property, wholly or in part, is in dispute or is a Government property,

the waqf in relation to such part of property shall not be registered,

unless the dispute is decided by a competent court.”;

(e) in sub-section (8), the proviso shall be omitted;

(f) after sub-section (8), the following sub-sections shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(9) The Board, on registering a waqf, shall issue the certificate

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(10) No suit, appeal or other legal proceeding for the

enforcement of any right on behalf of any waqf which have not been

registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall be

instituted or commenced or heard, tried or decided by any court after

expiry of a period of six months from the commencement of the Waqf

(Amendment) Act, 2025:

Provided that an application may be entertained by the court in

respect of such suit, appeal or other legal proceedings after the period

of six months specified under this sub-section, if the applicant satisfies

the court that he has sufficient cause for not making the application

within such period.”.

22 In section 37 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1),—

(i) in the opening portion, after the word “particulars”, the words “in

such manner as prescribed by the Central Government” shall be inserted;

(ii) in clause (f), for the words “provided by regulations”, the

words “prescribed by the Central Government” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (3), after the words “land record office shall”, the

words “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, then” shall be substitXWHG

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24 In section 46 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2),—

(a) for the word “July”, at both the places where it occurs, the word

“October” shall be substituted;

(b) for the words “in such form and containing such particulars as may

be provided by regulations by the Board of all moneys received”, the words

“in such form and manner and containing such particulars as may be

prescribed by the Central Government, of all moneys received from any

source” shall be substituted.

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(B) after the words “appointed by the Board”, the

following shall be inserted, namely:—

“from out of the panel of auditors prepared by the

State Government:

Provided that the State Government shall, while

preparing such panel of auditors, specify the remuneration

to be paid to such auditors;”;

“(b) the accounts of the waqf having net annual

income exceeding one lakh rupees shall be audited annually,

by an auditor appointed by the Board from out of the panel of

auditors as specified in clause (a);”;

“Provided that the Central Government may, by order,

direct the audit of any waqf at any time by an auditor appointed

by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, or by any

officer designated by the Central Government for that purpose.”;

(b) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(2A) On receipt of the report under sub-section (2), the Board

shall publish the audit report in such manner as may be prescribed by

the Central Government.”;

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(a) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(2A) The proceedings and orders of the Board under

sub-section (1) shall be published in such manner as may be prescribed

by the Central Government.”;

(b) in sub-section (3), the words, brackets and figure “and the Tribunal

shall not have any power to stay the operation of the order made by the

Board under sub-section (1)” shall be omitted;

27 After section 50 of the principal Act, the following section shall be

inserted, namely:—

“50A. A person shall not be qualified for being appointed, or for

continuing as, a mutawalli, if he—

(a) is less than twenty-one years of age;

(b) is found to be a person of unsound mind;

(d) has been convicted of any offence and sentenced to

imprisonment for not less than two years;

(e) has been held guilty of encroachment on any waqf property;

(f) has been on a previous occasion—

(i) removed as a mutawalli; or

(iii) in clause (c), the following proviso shall be inserted,

namely:—

(ii) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted,

namely:—

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(ii) removed by an order of a competent court or Tribunal

from any position of trust either for mismanagement or for

corruption.”.

28 ,QVHFWLRQof the principal Act, in sub-section (1A), in the second

proviso, for the words and figures “the Land Acquisition Act, 1894”, the words

and figures “the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land

Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013” shall be substituted.

29 In section 52 of the principal Act, in sub-section (4), the words “and the

decision of the Tribunal on such appeal shall be final” shall be omitted.

30 In section 52A of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1),—

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for the words “rigorous imprisonment”, the word

“imprisonment” shall be substituted;

(ii) in the proviso, for the words “be vested in the Board”, the

words “be reverted back to the waqf” shall be substituted;

(b) sub-section (2) shall be omitted;

31 In section 55A of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), in the proviso,

the words “and the decision of the Tribunal thereon shall be final” shall be

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32 In section 61 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1),—

(i) clauses (e) and (f) shall be omitted;

(ii) for the long line, the following shall be substituted,

namely:—

“he shall, unless he satisfies the court or the Tribunal that

there was reasonable cause for his failure, be punishable

with a fine which shall not be less than twenty thousand

rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.”;

(b) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(1A) If a mutawalli fails to—

(i) deliver possession of any waqf property, if ordered by

the Board or the Tribunal;

(ii) carry out the directions of the Collector or the Board;

(iii) do any other act which he is lawfully required to do by

or under this Act;

(iv) provide statement of accounts under section 46;

(v) upload the details of waqf under section 3B,

he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend

to six months and also with a fine which shall not be less than twenty

thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees.”;

Procedure, 1973”, the words and figures “the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha

Sanhita, 2023” shall be substituted.

33 In section 64 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1),—

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(i) for clause (g), the following clause shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(g) has failed, without reasonable excuse, to maintain regular

accounts for one year or has failed to submit, within one year, the

yearly statement of accounts, as required by section 46; or”;

(ii) after clause (k), the following clause shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(l) is a member of any association which has been declared

unlawful under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.”;

(b) in sub-section (4), the words “and the decision of the Tribunal on

such appeal shall be final” shall be omitted.

34 In section 65 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for the words “As

soon as possible”, the words “Within six months” shall be substituted.

35 In section 67 of the principal Act,—

(a) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(4) Any person aggrieved by the order made under sub-section (2)

may, within ninety days from the date of the order, appeal to the

Tribunal.”;

(b) in sub-section (6), in the second proviso, the words “and the order

made by the Tribunal in such appeal shall be final” shall be omitted.

36 In section 69 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (3), the second proviso shall be omitted;

(b) in sub-section (4), the following proviso shall be inserted,

namely:—

“Provided that no such order shall be made under this

sub-section unless a written notice inviting objections from the person

likely to be affected and general public, in such manner as may be

prescribed by the State Government.”.

37 In section 72 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1), for the words “seven per cent.”, the words

“five per centVXEMHFWWRDPD[LPXPDPRXQWDVPD\EHSUHVFULEHGE\WKH

Central Government” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (7), the words “and the decision of the Board thereon

shall be final” shall be omitted.

38 In section 73 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), the words “and the

decision of the Tribunal on such appeal shall be final” shall be omitted.

39 In section 83 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted,

namely:—

“Provided that any other Tribunal may, by notification, be

declared as the Tribunal for the purposes of this Act.”;

(b) in sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be inserted,

namely:—

“Provided that if there is no Tribunal or the Tribunal is not

functioning, any aggrieved person may appeal to the High Court

directly.”;

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“(4) Every Tribunal shall consist of three members—

(a) one person, who is or has been a District Judge, who

shall be the Chairman;

(b) one person, who is or has been an officer equivalent in

the rank of Joint Secretary to the State Government—member;

jurisprudence—member:

Provided that a Tribunal established under this Act, prior to the

commencement of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, shall continue

to function as such until the expiry of the term of office of the

Chairman and the members thereof under this Act.”;

(d) in sub-section (4A), the following proviso shall be inserted,

namely:—

“Provided that tenure of the Chairman and the member shall be

five years from the date of appointment or until they attain the age of

sixty-five years, whichever is earlier.”;

(e) in sub-section (7), the words “final and” shall be omitted;

(f) for sub-section (9), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(9) Any person aggrieved by the order of the Tribunal, may

appeal to the High Court within a period of ninety days from the date

of receipt of the order of the Tribunal.”.

40 In section 91 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1), for the words and figures “the Land Acquisition

Act, 1894”, the words and figures “the Right to Fair Compensation and

Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Act, 2013” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (3), for the words and figures “under section 31 or

section 32 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894”, the words and figures “under

section 77 or section 78 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency

in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013” shall be

substituted;

(i) for the words and figures “under section 31 or section 32 of

the Land Acquisition Act, 1894”, the words and figures “under

section 77 or section 78 of the Right to Fair Compensation and

Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Act, 2013” shall be substituted;

(ii) for the words “shall be declared void if the Board”, the words

“shall be kept in abeyance relating to portion of the property claimed

by the Board, if the Board” shall be substituted;

(iii) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—

“Provided that the Collector after hearing the parties

concerned shall make the order within one month of the

application of the Board.”.

41 In section 100 of the principal Act, for the words “Survey

Commissioner”, the word “Collector” shall be substituted.

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(a) in the marginal heading and in sub-section (1), for the words

“Survey Commissioner” occurring at both the places, the word “Collector”

shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-sections (1) and (2), for the words and figures “section 21

of the Indian Penal Code”, at both the places where they occur, the words,

brackets and figures “clause (28) of section 2 of the Bharatiya Nyaya

Sanhita, 2023” shall be substituted.

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44 )RU VHFWLRQ RI WKH SULQFLSDO $ct, the following section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“107. On and from the commencement of the Waqf (Amendment)

Act, 2025, the Limitation Act, 1963 shall apply to any proceedings in relation

to any claim or interest pertaining to immovable property comprised in a waqf.”.

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46 After section 108A as so omitted of the principal Act, the following

section shall be inserted, namely:—

“108B. (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the

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(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the

foregoing powers, the Central Government may make rules for all or any of

the following matters, namely:—

(a) the waqf asset management system for the registration,

accounts, audit and other details of waqf and Board under clause (ka),

and the manner of payments for maintenance of widow, divorced

woman and orphan under sub-clause (iv) of clause (r), of section 3;

(b) any other particulars under clause (j) of sub-section (2) of

section 3B;

sub-section (2B) of section 5;

(d) any other particulars under clause (f) of sub-section (3) of

section 36;

(e) the manner in which the Board shall maintain the register of

auqaf under sub-section (1) of section 37;

(f) such other particulars to be contained in the register of auqaf

under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 37;

(g) form and manner and particulars of the statement of accounts

under sub-section (2) of section 46;

(h) the manner for publishing audit report under sub-section (2A)

of section 47;

(i) the manner of publication of proceedings and orders of Board

under sub-section (2A) of section 48;

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(3) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall

be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament,

while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be

comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if,

before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the

successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any

modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be

made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be

of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or

annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously

done under that rule.”.

47 In section 109 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2),—

(a) clause (ia) shall be omitted;

(b) clause (iv) shall be omitted;

both the places where they occur, the word and figures “section 29” shall be

substituted;

(d) after clause (xviii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

“(xviiia) the manner of giving notice inviting objections under

proviso to sub-section (4) of section 69;”.

48 In section 110 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), clauses (f) and (g)

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By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat,

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K. M. LALA,

Secretary to Government.

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Signed by:BHOLUSINGH G THAKUR

Date: 2025.07.04 20:59:40 +05:30

Reason: Validate Document

Location: Government Central Press,

Gandhinagar

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