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''“Court” means the Court of the District Judge or. within the
limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High
Court, such Court, subordinate to the High Court, as the
President of the Union may. by notification in the Gazette.
designate in this behalf ; ,
“ mutwalli ” means any person appointed either verbally or under
any deed or instrument by which a wakf has been created or by
a Court of competent jurisdiction to be the mutwalli of a wakf,
and includes a naib-mutwalli or other person appointed by a
mutwalli to perform the duties of the mutwalli. and. save as
otherwise provided in this Act, any person who is for the time
being administering any wakf property ; . , ,
“ prescribed ” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; and
“ wakf ” means the permanent dedication by a person professing
the Mussalman faith of any property for any purpose recognized
by the Mussalman law as religious, pious or charitable, but
does not include any wakf. such as is described in section 3 of
the Mussalman Wakf Validating Act.i under which any benefit
is for the time being claimable for himself by the person by
whom the wakf was created or by any of his family or
descendants...''
Source/publisher:
Government of Burma via "The Burma Code" vol. 9
Date of Publication:
1924-08-01
Date of entry:
2019-01-08
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- Individual Documents
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Geographic coverage:
- Myanmar
Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
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