Bare ActsThe Waqf Act, 1995

Section 5

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Subs. by s. 41, ibid., for “ten per cent.” (w.e.f. 1-11-2013). 37 1[Provided further that no such deduction shall be permitted in respect of waqf land given on lease, by whatever name called, whether batai or share cropping or any other name.] (iv) expenditure on sundry repairs to rented buildings, not exceeding five per cent. of the annual rent derived therefrom, or the actual expenditure, whichever is less; (v) sale proceeds of immovable properties or rights relating to, or arising out of immovable properties, if such proceeds are reinvested to earn income for the 2[waqf]: Provided that the following items of receipts shall not be deemed to be income for the purposes of this section, namely:— (a) advances and deposits recovered and loans taken or recovered; (b) deposits made as security by employees, lessees or contractors and other deposits, if any; (c) withdrawals from banks or of investments; (d) amounts recovered towards costs awarded by courts; (e) sale proceeds of religious books and publications where such sales are undertaken as an un-remunerative enterprise with a view to propagating religion; (f) donations in cash or kind or offerings made by the donors as contribution to the corpus of the 2[waqf]: Provided that interest on income, if any, accruing from such donations or offerings shall be taken into account in calculating the gross annual income; (g) voluntary contributions received in cash or kind for a specific service to be performed by the 2[waqf] and expended on such service; (h) audit recoveries; Explanation II.—In determining the net annual income for the purposes of this section, only the net profit derived by any 2[waqf] from its remunerative undertakings, if any, shall be taken as income, and in respect of its non-remunerative undertakings, such as, schools, colleges, hospitals, poor homes, orphanages or any other similar institutions, the grants given by the Government or any local authority or donations received from the public or fees collected from the pupils of educational institutions shall not be taken as income. (2) The Board may in the case of any mosque or orphanage or any particular 2[waqf] reduce or remit such contribution for such time as it thinks fit. (3) The mutawalli of a 2[waqf] may realise the contributions payable by him under sub-section (1) from the various persons entitled to received any pecuniary or other material benefit from the 2[waqf], but the sum realisable from any one of such persons shall not exceed such amount as shall bear to the total contribution payable, the same proportion, as the value of the benefits receivable by such person bears to the entire net annual income of the 2[waqf]: Provided that if there is any income of the 2[waqf] available in excess of the amount payable as dues under this Act, other than as the contribution under sub-section (1), and in excess of the amount payable under the 2[waqf] deed, the contribution shall be paid out of such income. (4) The contribution payable under sub-section (1) in respect of a 2[waqf] shall, subject to the prior payment of any dues to the Government or any local authority or of any other statutory first charge on the 2[waqf] property or the income thereof, be a first charge on the income of the 2[waqf] and shall be recoverable, on a certificate issued by the Board after giving the mutawalli concerned an opportunity of being heard, as an arrear of land revenue.

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