Legal glossary

“wakf”

Defined in 1 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. The Wakfs Act 1954, 29 of 1954, (Rep., Act 43 of 1995) · s. 3 · Repealed or not in force

    (I) "wakf" means the permanent dedication by a person professing Islam of any movable or immovable property for any S K C . ^ THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAOEDINARY purpose recognised by the Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable and includes—
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