Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
5. In section 5 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the words "existing in the State", the words "existing in the State, or as the case may be, the part of the State to which the report relates, and" shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, substituted.
(a) for the words "whether a particular property is wakf property or not or whether a wakf is a Shia wakf or Sunni wakf", the words "whether a particular property specified as wakf property in a list of wakfs published under sub-section (2) of section 5 is wakf property or not or whether a wakf specified in such list is a Shia wakf or Sunni wakf" shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, substituted; and
Amendment of section 6.
(b) after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—
"Provided further that in the case of the list of wakfs relating to any part of the State and published or purporting to have been published before the commencement of the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 1969, such suit may be entertained by the civil court within the period of one year from such commencement."
Source: India Code