58. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-" board " means the Mosques and Muslim Charitable Trusts or Wakfs Board established under this Act; " Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Mosques and Muslim Charitable Trusts or Wakfs appointed under this Act; " Deputy Commissioner" means any Deputy Commissioner for Mosques and Muslim Charitable Trusts or Wakfs appointed under this Act; " jama'ath", in relation to a mosque, means the persons who ordinarily worship at, or participate in the religious or customary rites and ceremonies of, that mosque; " member " means a member of the board; " mosque " includes any thakiyya or zavia; " Muslim shrines and places of religious resort" include a Muslim shrine or a place of religious resort situated in land which is wakf or in land in private ownership;In this Act, except in Parts II and V and in subsection (3) of section 14, unless the context otherwise requires, " trustee ", in relation to a mosque, Muslim shrine or place of religious resort, shall mean a trustee appointed by the board under this Act.1. The rate of contribution for any year in respect of a registered mosque, Muslim charitable trust or wakf to the Muslim Charities Fund shall-
2. The rate of contribution for any year in respect of a Muslim shrine or place of religious resort to the Muslim Charities Fund shall be 25 per centum of the income referred to in section 43 of that shrine or place in that year.| (a) where the income of that mosque, Muslim charitable trust or wakf referred to in section 43 in that year is not more than Rs. 1,500, be 1 per centum of that income, |
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| (b) where the income of that mosque, Muslim charitable trust or wakf referred to in section 43 in that year is more than Rs. 1,500 but not more than Rs. 2,500, be 3 per centum of that income, and |
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| (c) where the income of that mosque, Muslim charitable trust or wakf referred to in section 43 in that year is more than Rs. 2,500, be 5 per centum of that income. |
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| (1) Where, by reason of the repeal of subsection (2) of section 32 of the principal Act, by Act No. 21 of 1962, the provisions of Part V of the principal Act become applicable to any Muslim charitable trust or wakf of the description specified in that subsection, the trustee or trustees of any such trust or wakf shall, notwithstanding anything in the principal Act, furnish to the board within six months after 16th June, 1962, a statement setting out the particulars specified in section 34 of the principal Act in respect of such trust of wakf. |
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| (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, shall be guilty of an offence under the principal Act, and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable, to the same penalty as is specified in section 53 (3) of that Act. "-See Section 18 of the Muslim Mosques and Charitable Trusts or Wakfs (Amendment) Act, No. 21 of 1962.] |
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