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Muslim Mosques And Charitable Trusts Or Wakfs Act (No. 51 of 1956) - Sect 22

Vesting of property in the trustee or trustees of a registered mosque

16.
(1) There shall vest in the trustee or trustees of a registered mosque-
(a) any movable or immovable property which-
(i) belongs to, or in any wise appertains to, or is appropriated to the use of, that mosque, or
(ii) is held in trust by, or in the name of, any person exclusively for the benefit of that mosque,
(b) the rents and profits of such property, and
(c) the offerings and contributions made for the use of, or to the funds of, or for the performance of religious ceremonies at, that mosque,
(2) All moneys which, under subsection (1), vest in the trustee or trustees of a registered mosque are in this Act referred to as the income of that mosque.


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