PUNJAB WAQF PROPERTIES ORDINANCE, 1979

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THE PUNJAB WAQF PROPERTIES ORDINANCE, 1979 
(IV of 1979) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Chief Administrator 
4. Appointment of Administrators and Deputy Administrators 
5. General appointments 
6. Registration of Waqf Property 
7. Chief Administrator may take over waqf property by notification 
7-A. Provision of miscellaneous information. 
8. Eviction of persons wrongfully in possession of waqf properties 
8-A.  Lease of waqf property and use of derived income. 
9. Power to terminate a lease or resume a tenancy for breach of conditions 
10. Appeal and finality 
11. Petition to District Court against notification 
12. Appeal against the decision of District Court 
13. District Court and High Court not to issue temporary injunction or order 
14. Decision of the District Court under section 11 or the High Court under 
section 12 to be final 
15. Chief Administrator to prepare the scheme for administration of waqf 
property 
16. Sale of waqf property by Chief Administrator and application of 
proceeds 
17. Use of waqf property and application of income therefrom 
18. Chief Administrator to maintain accounts 
19. Rents and lease moneys in respect of waqf property may be recovered 
as arrears of land revenue 
20. Chief Administrator may call for returns, etc., and may issue instructions 
and directions in respect of waqf property 
20-A. Provision of information to authorities. 
20-B. Provision of information to reporting entities 
21. Bar of Jurisdiction. 
22. Effect of orders, etc., inconsistent with this Ordinance 
23. Protection of action taken under this Ordinance 
24. Offences 
25. Power to frame rules 
26. Continuance of actions, etc., taken under Act LVI of 1976 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB WAQF PROPERTIES ORDINANCE, 1979 
(IV of 1979) 
[14th April, 1979] 
An 
Ordinance 
to provide for the proper management and administration of Waqf Properties 
in the Province of the Punjab. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the proper management and 
administration of waqf properties in the Province of the Punjab; 
 NOW THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of fifth day of July, 
1977, read with the Laws (Continuance in Force) Order , 1977  (C.M.L.A Order I of 
1977), the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and promulgate the following 
Ordinance:– 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called 
the Punjab Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979. 
(2) It extends to the Province of the Punjab. 
(3) It shall come into force from the date as may be notified by the 
Government in the official Gazette. 
2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the 
following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively as signed to them, 
that is to say:– 
(a) “Administrator” means an Administrator of Auqaf appointed under the 
provisions of section 4; 
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[(a-i) “authorities” means an „investigating or prosecuting agency‟ and the 
 „Financial Monitoring Unit‟ as defined in the Anti -Money Laundering Act, 
 2010 (VII of 2010); 
(a-ii) “beneficial owner” means a natural person who owns or controls a waqf 
 property, whether directly or indirectly or by exercising effective control 
 of that waqf property through such other means, as may be prescribed;  
(a-iii) “beneficiary” means a person who gets any benefit from the waqf 
property or whose name is listed in the waqf document as beneficiary 
of such property;] 
(b) 
3
[“Chief Administrator” means the Chief Administrator of Auqaf, 
Punjab as provided in section 3 of this Ordinance;] 
                                                 
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 11th A pril, 1979; and, published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 14th April, 1979, pages 521-A to 521-K. 
2Inserted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 2. 
 
4
[(b-i) “Collector” means the Chief Officer -in-charge of the revenue 
administration of the district as define in the Punjab General Clauses 
Act, 1956 (VI of 1956);] 
(c) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; 
5
[(c-i) “investigating or prosecuting agency” means the investigating or 
 prosecuting agency as defined in the Anti -Money Laundering Act, 2010 
 (VII of 2010); 
 
(c-ii) “Manager” means a person appointed by the Chief Administrator for 
the administration, control, ma nagement and maintenance of a waqf 
property;] 
(d) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; 
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[(d-i) “reporting entity” means a person or entity as defined in the Anti-Money 
Laundering Act, 2010 (VII of 2010);] and 
(e) “Waqf Property” means property of any kind  permanently dedicated by 
a person professing Islam for any purpose recognised by Islam as 
religious, pious or charitable, but does not include s property of any 
such waqf as is described in section 3 of the Mussalman Waqf 
Validating Act, 1913 (VI of 1913), under which any benefit is for the 
time being claimable for himself by the person by whom the waqf was 
created or by any member of his family or descendants. 
Explanation 1.– If a property has been used from time immemorial for any purpose 
recognised by Islam as religious, pious or charitable, then inspite of there being no 
evidence of express dedication, such property shall be deemed to be waqf property. 
Explanation 2.– Property allotted in lieu or in exchange of waqf property l eft in India 
shall be deemed to be waqf property. 
Explanation 3 .– Property of any kind acquired with the sale proceeds or in 
exchange of or from the income arising out of waqf property or from subscriptions 
raised for any purpose recognised by Islam as rel igious, pious or charitable shall be 
deemed to be waqf property. 
Explanation 4.– The income from boxes placed at a shrine and offerings, 
subscriptions or articles of any kind, description or use presented to a shrine or to 
any person at the premises of a shrine, shall be deemed to be waqf property. 
Explanation 5 .– Property permanently dedicated for the purposes of a mosque, 
takia, khankah, dargarh or other shrine shall be deemed to be waqf property. 
                                                                                                                                                        
3 Substituted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Ac t 2026 , (X IX of 2026 ), published in the Punjab Gaz ette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 25 February 2026, pp. 4565-4566, s. 2. 
4Inserted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 2. 
5Inserted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 2. 
6Inserted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 2. 
Explanation 6.– Relief of the poor and the orphan, education, worship, medical relief, 
maintenance of shrines or the advancement of any other object of charitable, 
religious or pious nature or of general public utility shall be deemed to be charitable 
purposes. 
3. 
7
[Chief Administrator].– 
8
[(1) Secretary to the G overnment, Auqaf and 
Religious Affairs Department shall be the Chief Administrator, and the Government 
sPunjab including all rights, assets, debts, liabilities and obligations relating thereto.] 
 
9
 [(2) No person shall be the Chief Administrator unless he is a Muslim.] 
 (3) The Chief Administrator shall be a corporation sole by the name of the 
Chief Administrator of Auqaf, Punjab, and shall have perpetual succession and an 
official seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name. 
 (4) The Chief Administ rator shall be subject to the general control of 
Government. 
4. Appointment of Administrators and Deputy Administrators .– 
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[(1) 
Government may appoint an Administrator or Administrators for such area or areas 
and Deputy Administrators for such districts as  may be specified in the notification to 
assist the Chief Administrator, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed, 
and an Administrator or Deputy Administrator so appointed shall, subject to the 
general or special orders of the Chief Administrator , be competent to discharge such 
duties and exercise such powers of the Chief Administrator as may be assigned to 
him and while discharging such duties or exercising such powers shall have the 
same privileges and be subject to the same liabilities as the Chief Administrator: 
 Provided that Government may assign duties of the Deputy Administrator to 
the Assistant Commissioner (Headquarter) of each District to perform the functions 
of Deputy Administrator. 
 Provided further that no person all be appointed as Deputy Administrator 
unless he is a Muslim.] 
 (2) The Administrator or Deputy Administrator appointed under sub-section 
(1) shall be under the administrative control of the Chief Administrator. 
5. General appointments.– (1) The Chief Administrator with the  previous 
sanction of Government may from time to time determine the number, designation 
and grade of the officers and servants whom he considers necessary to employ for 
the purpose of this Ordinance and the amount and nature of salary, fees and 
allowances to be paid to each such officer and servant. 
                                                 
7 Substituted by the Punjab Waqf Proper ties ( Amendment) Act 2026 , (X IX of 2026 ), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 25 February 2026, pp. 4565-4566, s.3(a). 
8 Substituted by the Punjab Waqf Properties ( Amendment) Act 2026 , (X IX of 2026 ), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 25 February 2026, pp. 4565-4566, s.3(b). 
9 Substituted by the Punjab Waqf Properties ( Amendment) Act 2026 , (X IX of 2026 ), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 25 February 2026, pp. 4565-4566, s.3(c). 
10 Substituted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s.3. 
 
11
[Provided that no person shall be appointed as an Officer unless he is a 
Muslim]. 
 (2) All persons employed for the purposes of this Ordinance shall be 
deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal 
Code (XLV of 1860). 
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[6. Registration of waqf properties. − (1) Every person creating a waqf or every 
Manager shall get the waqf property registered with the Chief Administrator within 
ninety days of the creation of the waqf in such manner as may be prescribed. 
 (2) Any person creating a waqf or any Manager who does not get the waqf 
property registered with the Chief Administrator under subsection (1) within the 
stipulated period, shall be punished with fine of rupees fifty thousand for each day for 
the first ninety days after expiry of such stipulated period and thereafter with a fine of 
rupees one hundred thousand for each day. 
 (3) The Collector in respect of his respective district shall furnish, in the 
prescribed manner, a con solidated annual report of all waqf properties recorded as 
waqf during the year to the Chief Administrator. 
 (4)  Every person creating a waqf or every Manager shall maintain and 
update the record concerning the waqf property and provide to the Chief 
Administrator on demand, and shall report any change in the waqf property to the 
Chief Administrator in such manner as may be prescribed.] 
7. Chief Administrator may take over waqf property by notification .– (1) 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary containe d in section 22  of the Religious 
Endowments Act, 1863 (XX of 1863), or any other law for the time being in force, or 
in any custom or usage, or in any decree, judgement or order of any Court or other 
authority, or in any proceedings pending before any Court or other authority, the 
Chief Administrator may, by notification, take over and assume the administration, 
control, management and maintenance of a waqf property 
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[:]  
 Provided that, during the life time of a person dedicating a waqf property, the 
Chief Administrator shall not take over and assume the administration, control, 
management and maintenance of such waqf property except with the consent of 
such person and on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between 
such person and the Chief Administrator.  
 
14
[Provided that the notification shall be served upon the management or the 
mutawalli and also affixed on some prominent part of the property which is sought to 
be taken over.]  
                                                 
11Ibid. 
12 Substituted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), publis hed in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 4. 
13Misprinted in the original Gazette as semi colon. 
14Added by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment)  Ordinance, 1984 (XIII of 1984); and published in the Punjab Gazett e 
(Extraordinary), dated 16.12.1984, s.2. 
Explanation.– For the purposes of this section “control and manag ement” shall 
include control over the performance and management of religious, spiritual, cultural 
and other services and ceremonies (Rasoomat) at or in a waqf property. 
 (2) No person shall perform services or ceremonies (Rasoomat) referred 
to in sub -section (1) except with the prior permission of the Chief Administrator and 
in accordance with such directions as may be given by him. 
 
15
[(3) The Chief Administrator shall maintain a centralized record of all 
properties registered under section 6 and taken ove r under subsection (1) in such 
manner as may be prescribed, and until so prescribed as may be determined by the 
Government; and at the end of each financial year shall submit a report to this effect 
to the Government.] 
16
[7-A. Provision of miscellaneous inf ormation.− Before entering into a business 
relationship or carrying out any occasional transaction with a reporting entity, any 
person creating a waqf or any Manager shall disclose his status as such to the 
reporting entity.] 
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[8. Eviction of persons wrongfully in possession of waqf properties .−  (1)If 
any person is in occupation of, or enters upon, or is using any immovable waqf 
property to the occupation or use of which he is not, or has ceased to be, entitled by 
virtue of any provision of this Ordinance, the Chie f Administrator or any other person 
authorized by him may, with the assistance of the district administration or an 
investigating or prosecuting agency, after giving such person a reasonable 
opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be ta ken, shall get it 
evicted with use of such force as may be necessary. 
 (2) Any crop standing, or a building, or other structure erected on a waqf 
property in respect of which action is taken under subsection (1) shall stand forfeited 
to the Chief Administrator.] 
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[8-A. Lease of waqf property and use of derived income. - The Chief 
Administrator may lease out the waqf property taken over under section 7 for such 
period as may be prescribed, and the income derived from such property shall be 
used for any purpos e recognized by Islam as religious, pious and charitable as the 
Chief Administrator may deem fit.] 
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[9. Power to terminate a lease or resume a tenancy for breach of 
conditions.− (1) If the Administrator is satisfied that the lessee or the tenant of any 
immovable waqf property has committed a breach, of the conditions of lease or 
tenancy, the Administrator may give to such lessee or tenant a notice to appear 
                                                 
15 Inserted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 5. 
16 Inserted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 6. 
17 Substitute by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), publis hed in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 7. 
18 Inserted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 8. 
19 Substituted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 9. 
before the Administra tor and state his objections, if any, before an order for the 
termination of lease or resumption of the tenancy is made.  
 (2) The lessee or the tenant to whom a notice is given under subsection (1) 
may undertake in writing to the Administrator that the br each of the conditions of the 
lease or tenancy specified in such notice is likely to be rectified and he shall rectify 
such breach.  
 (3) If the Administrator is satisfied that the breach is likely to be rectified, 
he shall allow to the lessee or the tenan t, as the case may be, a period not less than 
thirty days or more than sixty days to rectify such breach, and may make an order 
terminating the lease or resuming the tenancy if the lessee or the tenant fails to 
rectify the breach within the stipulated time. 
 (4) Where an order terminating the lease or resuming the tenancy has 
been made under subsection (3), the Administrator may forthwith resume the 
possession of a waqf property, subject to the payment of compensation to be fixed 
by the Administrator for st anding and un -gathered crops or for the improvements of 
the waqf property, if any, that have been made by the lessee or the tenant under the 
terms of the lease or the tenancy or made with the permission of the Administrator.  
 (5) If a lease or tenancy of a waqf property is terminated or resumed and is 
allotted to any other person, the amount of the compensation, if any, paid to the 
outgoing lessee or tenant under sub -section (4) may be recovered from such person 
to whom such property is allotted.] 
10. Appeal and finality .– (1) Any person evicted under the provisions of section 
8 or aggrieved by an order of termination of lease or resumption of tenancy made 
under section 9  may within sixty days of such eviction or within thirty days of the 
order of terminati on of the lease or resumption of tenancy, prefer an appeal to the 
Chief Administrator and the Chief Administrator  after giving such person an 
opportunity of being heard, confirm, modify or vacate the order made by the 
Administrator under section 8 or 9. 
 (2) If there is no appeal against an eviction under section 8 or an order of 
termination of lease or resumption of tenancy made by the Administrator under 
section 9 the eviction, termination of lease or resumption of tenancy, as the case 
may be, shall be fi nal and when there is an appeal, the decision of the Chief 
Administrator in appeal shall be final. 
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 i ssued 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, judgement, or order of any 
court or other autho rity, 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 ( c) 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 of vexation or delay. 
12. Appeal against the decision of District Court.– Any person aggrieved by a 
decision of the District C ourt under sub -section (1) of section 11  may, within sixty 
days of the order, appeal to the High Court. 
13. District Court and High Court not to issue temporary injunction o r 
order.– Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other enactment 
for the time being in force, the District Court or the High Court shall not, pending 
disposal of a petition filed under section 11 or an appeal filed under section 12, have 
the power to issue temporary injunction or order restraining the Chief Administrator 
from taking over or assuming the administration, control, management and 
maintenance of property in respect of which a notification has been issued under 
section 7. 
14. Decision of the District Court under section 11 or the High Court under 
section 12 to be final .– If there is no appeal, the decision of the District Court, or 
when there is an appeal the decision in appeal shall be final. 
15. Chief Administrat or to prepare the scheme for  administration of waqf 
property.– (1) The Chief Administrator shall, as respects the waqf property in 
respect of which a notification under section 7 has been issued and the gross annual 
income from which exceeds five thousand rupees and in other cases may, settle a 
scheme for the administration and development of such waqf property. 
 (2) In the settlement of a scheme the Chief Administrator shall g ive effect 
to such wishes of the person dedicating as can be ascertained, and to which effect 
can be reasonably given. 
16. Sale of waqf property by Chief 
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[Administrator] and application of 
proceeds.– Government may 
21
[subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of Section 
15,] where it is satisfied that circumstances exist which make it necessary to sell or 
otherwise dispose of any waqf property in order:– 
(a) to secure maximum economic benefits out of such property and to 
avoid loss or damage to such property; or 
(b) to serve the best public interest and public purpose for which such 
property was dedicated; or 
(c) to give effect to such wishes of the person dedicating the property as 
can be ascertained; or 
                                                 
20Misprinted in the original Gazette as “Administration” 
21Added by the Punj ab Waqf Properties (Amendment)  Ordinance, 1984 (XIII of 1984); and published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 16.12.1984, s.2. 
(d) in the absence of evidence of express dedicatio n, to enable the 
property to be used for the purpose for which it has been used or for 
any purpose recognised by Islam as religious, pious or charitable; or 
(e) to provide maintenance to those who, on account of unemployment, 
sickness, infirmity or old age, are unable to maintain themselves; or 
(f) to provide education, medical aid, housing, public facilities and services 
such as roads, sewerage, gas and electric power; or 
(g) to prevent danger to life, property or public health,  
permit the Chief Administr ator to do so and to invest the proceeds in  accordance 
with its directions. 
22
[Provided that the sale -proceeds shall first be applied for satisfying the main 
purpose of the waqf.] 
17. Use of waqf property and application of income therefrom .– Subject to 
the provisions of this Ordinance, a waqf property shall be used for the purpose for 
which it was dedicated or has been used or for any purpose recognised by Islam as 
religious, pious or charitable, as the Chief Administrator may deem fit. 
18. Chief Administra tor to maintain accounts .– (1) The Chief Administrator 
shall maintain a complete record of all properties under his control and management, 
and shall keep accounts of income and expenditure of such properties, including 
expenditure on the Chief Administrat or and his establishment, in such manner as 
may be prescribed. 
 (2) All moneys received or realised by the Chief Administrator in respect of 
properties under his control and management  shall form and be credited to a fund to 
be called Auqaf fund, which shall be under the control of, and operated upon by the 
Chief Administrator, subject to general supervision of Government, and shall be kept 
in such custody as may be prescribed. 
 (3) At the end of each financial year , the accounts maintained by the Chief 
Administrator shall be audited by such authorit y as may be prescribed and the Audit 
Report with the comment s of the Chief Administrator shall be laid before the 
Government. 
19. Rents and lease moneys in respect of waqf property may be recovered 
as arrears of land revenue .– Any sum due as rent or lease money in respect of 
waqf property, the administration whereof has been taken over and assumed by the 
Chief Administrator, if not paid within thirty days of its having become due, may be 
recovered as arrears of land revenue. 
20. Chief Administrator may call for returns, etc., and may issue instructions 
and directions in respect of waqf property .– (1) The Chief Administrator may 
require any person -in-charge of or exercising control over the management of any 
waqf property, the administration whereof has  not been taken over or assumed by 
him under s ection 7, to furnish him with any return, statement, statistics or other 
information regarding  such waqf property, or a copy of any document relating to 
                                                 
22Added by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (XIII of 1984) ; and published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 16.12.1984, s.2.  
such property, and such person shall comply with such order or direction without any 
delay. 
 (2) The Chief Administrator may issue to any person -in-charge of or 
exercising control over the management of any waqf property, the administration 
whereof has not been taken over o r assumed by the Chief  Administrator under 
section 7, such instructions or directions for the proper administration, control, 
management and maintenance of such waqf property as he may deem necessary 
including directions pr ohibiting delivery of sermons, K hutbas or lectures which may 
contain any matter prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan or 
calculated to arouse feeling of hatred or disaffection amongst various religious sects 
or groups in the country and directions prohibiting such pers on from indulging in 
party politics through sermons or lectures, and the person having charge or 
exercising control over the management of such property shall comply with such 
instructions and directions. 
23
[20-A. Provision of information to authorities. − (1) The Chief Administrator shall 
provide such information about waqf properties to the authorities in such manner as 
may be prescribed or as may be required by the authorities. 
 (2)  A Manager shall provide the following information to the authorities f or 
the purposes of domestic and international cooperation from time to time in such 
manner as may be prescribed: 
 (a) beneficial ownership of waqf property; 
 (b) the residences of the staff who have control over the waqf properties; 
 (c) any assets held or  managed by a reporting entity in relation to waqf 
  property; or 
 (d) any other information ancillary to the above. 
 
20-B. Provision of information to reporting entities .− (1) The Chief Administrator 
shall provide upon request to the reporting entity information about the beneficial 
ownership and assets of the waqf in the prescribed manner. 
 (2) The reporting entity may obtain information from a Manager including 
the beneficial ownership, details of waqf assets and details of beneficiaries or such 
other information as may be prescribed.] 
21. Bar of Jurisdiction.– Save as expressly provided in this Ordinance, no Civil 
Or Revenue Court or any other authority, shall have jurisdiction:– 
(a) to question the legality of anything done under this Ordinance by or at 
the instance of the Chief Administrator; or 
(b) in respect of any matter which the Chief Administrator is empowered by 
or under this Ordinance to determine or settle; or 
                                                 
23 Inserted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 10. 
(c) to grant an injunction or other order in relation to any proceeding before 
the Chief Administrator under this Ordinance for anything done or 
intended to be done by or at the instance of the Chief Administrator 
under this Ordinance. 
22. Effect of orders , etc., inconsistent with this Ordinance .– Every order 
made and every action taken under this Ordinance shall have effect notwithstanding 
anything inconsistent therewith contained in any document, decree or order of any 
Court, deed, enactment or any instru ment having effect by virtue of any such 
enactment other than this Ordinance. 
23. Protection of action taken under this Ordinance .– No suit, prosecution or 
other legal proceeding shall be instituted against any person for anything which is in 
good faith do ne or intended to be done under this Ordinance or the rules made 
thereunder. 
24. Offences.– (1) Whoever obstructs, or offers any resistance to, or impedes or 
otherwise interferes with– 
(a) any authority, officer or person exercising any power or performing  any 
duty conferred or imposed upon it or him by or in pursuance of this 
Ordinance or otherwise discharging any lawful function under this 
Ordinance; or 
(b) any person who is carrying out the orders of any such authority, officer 
or person as aforesaid or who is otherwise acting in accordance with 
his duty in pursuance of this Ordinance; 
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five 
years or with fine or with both. 
 
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[(2) Any person who wilfully contravenes any of the provisions of section 20 
shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to five years but shall not be 
less than one year and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to three times of 
the amount of income derived from the waqf property but which shall not b e less 
than the benefits derived from the waqf property.] 
 
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[(3) Any person who intentionally fails to comply with the provisions of 
section 6 or intentionally conceals any information or provides incomplete or 
incorrect information to the Chief Administra tor as required under this Ordinance, 
shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to five years or with fine to 
pay such amount as may be calculated by the concerned Collector or any other 
authority duly authorized by the Chief Administrator to do  so for the period of factum 
of waqf property or with both. 
 (4) The offences punishable under this Ordinance shall triable by a Court 
of Session. 
                                                 
24 Substituted by the Punjab Waqf Propert ies (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 11. 
25 Inserted by the Punjab Waqf Properties (Amendment) Act 2020, (XX of 2020), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 10 September 2020, pp. 1031-1034, s. 11. 
 (5) For contravention of any provision of this Ordinance for which no 
penalty is provided, shall be punished  with fine which may extend to rupees twenty 
five million.] 
25. Power to frame rules .– (1) Government may frame rules for the purpose of 
carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance. 
 (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of th e foregoing 
power, Government may frame rules for all any of the following purposes, namely:– 
(a) prescribing the powers and duties of the officers appointed under this 
Ordinance; 
(b) regulating the delegation of any powers by the Chief Administrator to 
an Administrator or a Deputy Administrator; 
(c) prescribing the terms and conditions on which waqf property may be 
leased or let out; 
(d) regulating the manner in which schemes for administration and 
development of waqf properties shall be prepared; 
(e) regulating the conditions of service and conduct of the persons 
employed under this Ordinance; 
(f) regulating the conduct of litigation by or against the Chief Administrator;  
(g) prescribing the manner in which the accounts shall be kept; 
(h) prescribing the a uthority for auditing the accounts maintained by the 
Chief Administrator; 
(i) prescribing the syllabus and curricula for the proper education and 
training of Imams and Khatibs and of other employees of the Auqaf 
institutions in Punjab; 
(j) prescribing and regulating the standards, syllabus and curricula of 
institutions providing Islamic religious education, by whatever name 
called, and, where considered necessary in the public interest, the 
scrutiny of the accounts of such institutions; and 
(k) to appoint Advisory Committee consisting o f public representatives, 
Ulema and other experts. 
26. Continuance of actions, etc., taken under Act LVI of 1976 .– Everything 
done or purporting to have been done, action taken, liability or penalty incurred or 
proceeding commenced, officer appointed or person authorized, jurisdiction or power 
conferred, rule made or notification or order issued under the Auqaf (Federal Control) 
Act, 1976 (LVI of 1976) since repealed, shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Ordinance, continue in force, and so far as may be, deemed to 
have been done, taken, incurred, commenced, appointed, authorised, conferred, 
made or issued under this Ordinance.