1 - Short title, extent and commencement.
2 - Application of the Act.
3 - Definitions.
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4 - Preliminary survey of auqaf.
5 - Publication of list of auqaf.
6 - Disputes regarding auqaf.
7 - Power of Tribunal to determine disputes regarding auqaf.
8 - State Government to bear cost of survey.
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9 - Establishment and constitution of Central Waqf Council.
10 - Finance of Council.
11 - Accounts and audit.
12 - Power of Central Government to make rules.
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13 - Incorporation.
14 - Composition of Board.
15 - Term of office.
16 - Disqualification for being appointed, or for continuing as, a member of the Board.
17 - Meetings of the Board.
18 - Committees of the Board.
19 - Resignation of Chairperson and members.
20 - Removal of Chairperson and member.
20A - Removal of Chairperson by vote of no confidence.
21 - Filling of a vacancy.
22 - Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Board.
23 - Appointment of Chief Executive Officer and his term of office and other conditions of service.
24 - Officers and other employees of the Board.
25 - Duties and powers of Chief Executive Officer.
26 - Powers of Chief Executive Officer in respect of orders or resolutions of Board.
27 - Delegation of powers by the Board.
28 - Power of District Magistrate, Additional District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate to implement the directions of the Board.
29 - Powers of Chief Executive Officer to inspect records, registers, etc.
30 - Inspection of records.
31 - Prevention of disqualification for membership of Parliament.
32 - Powers and functions of the Board.
33 - Powers of inspection by Chief Executive Officer or persons authorised by him.
34 - Recovery of the amount determined under section 33.
35 - Conditional attachment by Tribunal.
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36 - Registration.
37 - Register of auqaf.
38 - Powers of Board to appoint Executive Officer.
39 - Powers of Board in relation to auqaf which have ceased to exist.
40 - Decision if a property is waqf property.
41 - Power to cause registration of waqf and to amend register.
42 - Change in the management of auqaf to be notified.
43 - Auqaf registered before the commencement of this Act deemed to be registered.
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44 - Budget.
45 - Preparation of budget of auqaf under direct management of the Board.
46 - Submission of Accounts of auqaf.
47 - Audit of accounts of auqaf.
48 - Board to pass orders on auditor's report.
49 - Sums certified to be due recoverable as arrears of land revenue.
50 - Duties of mutawalli.
51 - Alienation of waqf property without sanction of Board to be void.
52 - Recovery of waqf property transferred in contravention of section 51.
52A - Penalty for alienation of waqf property without sanction of Board.
53 - Restriction on purchase of property on behalf of waqf.
54 - Removal of encroachment from waqf property.
55 - Enforcement of orders made under section 54.
55A - Disposal of property left on waqf property by unauthorised occupants.
56 - Restriction on power to grant lease of waqf property.
57 - Mutawalli entitled to pay certain costs from income of waqf property.
58 - Power of Board to pay dues in case of default by mutawalli.
59 - Creation of reserve fund.
60 - Extension of time.
61 - Penalties.
62 - Mutawalli not to spend any money belonging to waqf for self defence.
63 - Power to appoint mutawallis in certain cases.
64 - Removal of mutawalli.
65 - Assumption of direct management of certain auqaf by the Board.
66 - Powers of appointment and removal of mutawalli when to be exercised by the State Government.
67 - Supervision and supersession of committee of management.
68 - Duty of mutawalli or committee to deliver possession of records, etc.
69 - Power of Board to frame scheme for administration of waqf.
70 - Inquiry relating to administration of waqf.
71 - Manner of holding inquiry.
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72 - Annual contribution payable to Board.
73 - Power of Chief Executive Officer to direct banks or other person to make payments.
74 - Deduction of contribution from perpetual annuity payable to the waqf.
75 - Power of board to borrow.
76 - Mutawalli not to lend or borrow moneys without sanction.
77 - Waqf Fund.
78 - Budget of Board.
79 - Accounts of Board.
80 - Audit of accounts of Board.
81 - State Government to pass orders on auditor's report.
82 - Dues of Board to be recovered as arrears of land revenue.
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83 - Constitution of Tribunals, etc.
84 - Tribunal to hold proceedings expeditiously and to furnish to the parties copies of its decision
85 - Bar of jurisdiction of civil courts.
86 - Appointment of a receiver in certain cases.
87 - Omitted.
88 - Bar to challenge of validity of any notification, etc.
89 - Notice of suits by parties against Board
90 - Notice of suits, etc., by courts
91 - Proceedings under the Act 1 of 1894.
92 - Board to be party to suit or proceeding
93 - Bar to compromise of suits by or against mutawalli
94 - Power to make application to the Tribunal in case of failure of mutawalli to discharge his duties.
95 - Power of appellate authority to entertain appeal after expiry of specified period.
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96 - Power of Central Government to regulate secular activities of auqaf.
97 - Directions by State Government
98 - Annual report by State Government.
99 - Power to supersede Board
100 - Protection of action taken in good faith.
101 - Survey Commissioner, members and officers of the Board, deemed to be public servants.
102 - Special provision for reorganisation of certain Boards
103 - Special provision for establishment of Board for part of a State.
104 - Application of Act to properties given or donated by persons not professing Islam for support of certain waqf.
104A - Prohibition of sale, gift, exchange, mortgage or transfer of waqf property
104B - Restoration of waqf properties in occupation of Government agencies to waqf Board.
105 - Power of Board and Chief Executive Officer to require copies of documents, etc., to be furnished
106 - Powers of Central Government to constitute common Boards
107 - Act 36 of 1963 not to apply for recovery of waqf properties.
108 - Special provision as to evacuee waqf properties.
108A - Act to have overriding effect.
109 - Power to make rules
110 - Powers to make regulations by the Board.
111 - Laying of rules and regulations before State Legislature
112 - Repeal and savings
113 - Power to remove difficulties.
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