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This Act was repealed on 1 January 1996 by the Waqf Act, 1995 (Central Act 43 of 1995), s.112(3); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

21. (1) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed, or for continuing as, a President or member of the Board if he- (a) is a non-Muslim ; (b) is less than twenty-one years of age ; (c) is a person of unsound mind; (d) is an undischarged insolvent; (e) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; or (f) has, on any previous occasion, been removed from the office of a member or has been removed by order of a competent court from any position of trust either for mismanagement or corruption. (2) [The Board may remove its President or any of its members, if he]1 - (a) is or becomes subject to any disqualifications specified in sub-section (1) ; or (b) refuses to act or is incapable of acting or acts [whether as a President, emmber or otherwise]2 in a manner which the Board, after hearing any explanation that he may offer, considers to be prejudicial to the interests of the waqfs ; or (c) absents himself from five consecutive meetings of the Board, without permission of the Board or without sufficient excuse. (3) The removal of [the President or]3 any member under sub-section (2) shall be notified in the official Gazette.