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IV. THE WAKF (AMENDMENT ) ACT, 2013:
5. The background in which the amendment to the Wakf Act, 1995 was brought into has to be noted. The original provisions in the Wakf Act, 1995were not stringent enough to deal with the encroachment or illegal occupation of waqf properties. Therefore, the Sachar Committee recommended that the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 should be applied to waqf properties as these properties are for the benefit of the public and not for any individual. The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf in its Third Report also requested all the State Governments to bring the waqf properties under the State Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupant) Act. However, only a few states amended their respective Public Premises Acts. Therefore, the Parliament decided to bring in an amendment to the Waqf Act, 1995.