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Showing contexts for: wakf amendment act 2013 in Janab Malang Nisar Ahmed vs Mr.P.Hafeezan Rahman on 26 November, 2014Matching Fragments
16.Because there were conflicting views taken by various Courts, while interpreting the unamended provision of Section 68 of the Wakf Act, the Parliament thought it fit to amend Section 68 of the Wakf Act so as to remove the ambiguity, if any.
17.Now, as per the Wakf Amendment Act, 2013, dated 20.09.2013, Section 68 has been amended and after the amendment, the words Magistrate of First Class, Magistrate and Sub Divisional Magistrate have been deleted and the same have been substituted by the words District Magistrate, Additional Magistrate or their equivalent. This amendment has been made only to remove the ambiguity so as to declare once for all that the term Magistrate referred to in Section 68 of the Wakf Act means only an Executive Magistrate and not a Judicial Magistrate.