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Appointment of Chief Administrator of Auqaf AND Deputy Chief Administrator Auqaf
Act: Balochistan Waqf Properties Act 2020
Section Provisions
ACT III OF 2020 ACT III OF 2020 BALOCHISTAN WAQF PROPERTIES ACT, 2020 An Act to make provisions and to repeal be existing Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979 [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 1st September, 2020] No. PAB/Legis;V(02)/2020, dated 1.9.2020.---The Balochistan Waqf Properties Bill, 2020 (Bill No. 02 of 2020),having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 26th August, 2020 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 31st August, 2020 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. WHEREAS to cater for the monitoring an evaluation purposes of the Waqf and to make provisions relating to the proper management and administration of Waqf Properties in Balochistan Province. AND WHEREAS it is expedient to make provisions relating to proper management and administration of waqf properties in the Balochistan or matters incidental thereto; 3. Appointment of Chief Administrator of Auqaf AND Deputy Chief Administrator Auqaf.---(1) The Authority empowered shall appoint a Chief Administrator Auqaf for Balochistan and may, by order, vest in him and the waqf properties situated in the Province including all rights, assets, debts, liabilities and obligations relating thereto; provided that the Secretary of Religious Affairs Department by virtue of his office shall act as Chief Administrator Auqaf Balochistan. (2) The Authority empowered shall appoint Deputy Chief Administrator Auqaf of (BPS-19), to exercise such powers and perform such functions as assigned under this Act and rules made there under. (3) No person shall be appointed as Chief Administrator Auqaf and Deputy Chief Administrator Auqaf unless he is a Muslim and possesses such qualifications as may be prescribed by Government. (4) The Chief Administrator shall be a corporation sole by the name of the Chief Administrator of Auqaf, Balochistan, and shall have perpetual succession and an official seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name. (5) The Chief Administrator shall be subject to the general control of Government.