Waqf board bill 2024 : What is the Waqf Board Bill? What are the amendments proposed?

Waqf board bill 2024 : As an entity with the legal capacity to own, acquire, and transfer property, a Waqf Board is an entity. With the Waqf Board Bill 2024, the Waqf Board’s structure and operations are to be drastically altered.

The Center is prepared to present a bill to the legislature. The goal is to enhance the Waqf boards’ operational efficiency and transparency by amending the Waqf Act of 1995.

The important amendments

The current Waqf Act is being amended in excess of forty times by the Bill. To preserve transparency, one of these is that the Waqf Board will have to go through mandatory verification for each and every property claim.

In addition, properties that the Waqf Boards have claimed will undergo additional verification in order to handle conflicts and prevent abuse.

Understanding the Waqf Act of 1995

“Auqaf” by a wakif is regulated under the Waqf Act of 1995. According to Muslim law, the person who dedicates property for uses deemed to be religious, charitable, or pious is known as the wakif.

According to a preliminary analysis of the legal frameworks in Islamic nations like Saudi Arabia and Oman, such powers are not granted to a single institution.

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