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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; 14. 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 9 may, within thirty days of the publication of such notification, file petition with the District Court within whose jurisdiction the waqf property or any 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 the 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 of other authority no such petition shall lie in respect of any interest in the income, offerings, subscription or articles, referred to in Explanation 4 to clause (s) of section 2, or the services or ceremonies (Rasoomat) mentioned in section 9. (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 necessary that it has been made for the purpose of vexation or delay.