Wakaf Committee and its incorporation

Wakaf Committees

Wakaf Committee and its incorporation.-(1) The Government may, by notification in the Government Gazette, establish one Committee in each Tehsil for purposes of this Act : Provided that any Committee appointed under any law before the commencement of this Act for any area or part of an area shall continue to function as such till a new Committee is constituted under this Act : Provided also that if on the commencement of this Act there is no Committee or an Administrator in any Tehsil, the Government may, by order, appoint any person as an Administrator who shall perform all the duties of a Tehsil Committee with such powers as may be specified and the appointment so made shall be subject to the proviso to clause

1. (a) and clause
2. (b) and clause
3. (c) :
4. (b) all property managed by the Committee shall, if the Tehsil Committee is constituted, be managed by the Administrator; and
5. (c) the Administrator so appointed may at any time be removed by the Government who shall also have the power to appoint another person in his place :

1. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Government may, by order, direct any Tehsil Committee to affiliate any Wakaf with the All Jammu and Kashmir Auqaf Trust, and thereupon the provisions of this Act shall apply to such Wakaf in the same manner as they apply to any other Wakaf.
2. (4) The Tehsil Committee shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable and to transfer property, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed by or under any law for the time being in force and shall by the said name sue and be sued.