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Muslim Mosques And Charitable Trusts Or Wakfs Act (No. 51 of 1956) - Sect 28

Power to lease immovable property of registered mosque and cancellation of invalid leases

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(1) The trustee or trustees of a registered mosque may from time to time lease all or any of the immovable property vested in such trustee or trustees by section 16 for such rent, and upon such conditions, as such trustee or trustees may deem reasonable:
(2) Any lease granted in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be null and void and of no effect in law.
(3) Where the board is satisfied that any immovable property has been leased in contravention of the preceding provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of the board to direct the trustee or trustees of that mosque to institute legal proceedings in a competent court to declare such lease null and void and to recover possession of the property.
(4) If legal proceedings in accordance with any direction issued by the board under subsection (3) are not instituted by the trustee or trustees of any mosque, the Commissioner or any other person authorized in that behalf by the board shall be entitled to institute such proceedings.

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