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ORDINANCE IV OF 1979 ORDINANCE IV OF 1979 BALUCIUSTAN WAQF PROPERTIES ORDINANCE, 1979 11. Petition to District Court against notification.‑(1) Any person claiming any interest in any Waqf property in respect of which a notification has been issued under section 7 may, within thirty days of the publication of such notification, petition the District Court within whose jurisdiction the Waqf property or any part thereof is situated, for a declaration‑ (a) that the property is not Waqf property (b) that the property is Waqf property within limits stated in the petition; Provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, or in any custom or usage, or in any decree, judgment, or order of any Court or other ‑authority, or in any proceeding pending before any Court or other authority, no such petition shall lie in respect of any interest in the income, offerings, subscriptions or articles referred to in Explanation 4 to clause (e) of section 2, or the services or ceremonies (Rasoomat) mentioned in section 7. (2) The District Court may, for reasons to be recorded, refuse to issue any process for compelling the attendance of any witness for the purpose of examination or the production of any document or other thing if it considers that it has been made for the purpose o f vexation or, delay.