The Wakf Amendment Act, 1984, 69 of 1984 (Rep., Act 43 of 1995)

Section 6. In section 6 of the principal Act,

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(a) in sub-section (1), the following Explanation shall be inserted at the end, namely:— "Explanation 6. In section 6 of the principal Act,— (a) in sub-section (1), the following Explanation shall be inserted at the end, namely:— "Explanation.—For the purposes of this section and section 6A, the expression 'any person interested therein', occurring in sub-section (1) of this section and in sub-section (1) of section 6A, shall, in relation to any property specified as wakf property in a list of wakfs published, under sub-section (2) of section 5, after the commencement of the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 1984, shall include also every person who, though not interested in the wakf concerned, is interested in such property and to whom a reasonable opportunity had been afforded to represent his case 3 Law—85. 660 Wakf (Amendment) [ACT 69 by notice served on him in that behalf during the course of the relevant inquiry under section 4.; (b) in sub-section (3), for the word "Commissioner", the words "Survey Commissioner" shall be substituted; (c) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— "(5) On and from the commencement of the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 1984 in a State, no suit or other legal proceeding shall be instituted or commenced in a civil court in that State in relation to any question referred to in sub-section (1)."

Source: India Code