58. Power of Board to pay dues in case of default by mutawalli
(1)
Where a mutawalli refuses to pay or fails to pay any revenue, cess, rates or taxes due to the Government or any local authority, the Board may discharge dues from the [Waqf] Fund and may recover the amount so paid from the [waqf] property and may also recover damages not exceeding twelve and a half per cent. of the amount so paid.
(2)
Any sum of money due under sub-section (1) may, on a certificate issued by the Board after giving the mutawalli concerned an opportunity of being heard, be recovered in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue.
Amendment notes (1)
- Subs w.e.f. 1-11-2013 . Subs. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 4, for "wakf" (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).