State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH MUSLIM WAQFS ACT, 1960

This Act was repealed on 1 January 1996 by the Waqf Act, 1995 (Central Act 43 of 1995), s.112(3); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

2. (1) Save as herein otherwise specifically stated, this Act shall apply to all waqfs, whether created before or after the commencement of this Act, any part of the property comprised in which is situate in Uttar Pradesh, and to all the waqfs which at the time of the coming into force of this Act were under the superintendence of the Sunni Central Board or the Shia Central Board constituted under U. P. Muslim Waqfs Act, 1936. 2[(2) This Act shall also apply to the endowments hitherto governed by the Husainabad Endowment Act, 1878, the trusts known as King's side and the Queen's side of Shahnajaf Trust, the Waqfs known as Waqf Abbu Saheb, Rauza Kazman Waqf and Waqf Wazir Begum, Lucknow and any other endowment, trust or waqf hitherto administered by the Trustees appointed under the said Husainabad Endowment Act; and all these endowments, trusts and waqfs shall be deemed to be waqfs for the purpose of this Act : Provided that the State Government shall have the power to make, by notification in the official Gazette, such adaptations, whether by way of modification, addition or omission, not affecting the substance of the provisions of this Act, as it may deem fit, in its application to the aforesaid endowments, trusts and waqfs.]1 (3) [* * * * ]2