State Act
Section 62. Powers to secure discharge of obligations
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This Act was repealed on 1 January 1996 by the Waqf Act, 1995 (Central Act 43 of 1995), s.112(3); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
62. (1) Where a mutawalli is under an obligation to perform any act which is recognized by Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable and the mutawalli fails to perform such act, the Board may direct the mutawalli to pay to the Board or to any person authorized by the Board in this behalf, the amount necessary for the performance of the act and the Board or the person so authorized shall perform such Act. (2) Where a mutawalli refuses to pay or fails to pay any revenue, cess, rates or taxes due to the State Government or any local authority, the Board may pay the dues from the Waqf Fund and may recover the amount so paid from the waqf property. (3) Any sum of money due under sub-section (2) may, on a certificate issued by the Board after giving the mutawalli concerned an opportunity of being heard, be recovered in the manner provided in section 83.