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The Waqfs Ordinance, 1962 (East Pakistan Ordinance)

( Ordinance NO. I OF 1962 )

[ 19th January, 1962 ]

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to the administration and management of Waqf properties in Bangladesh.♣

 
 
 

WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the administration and management of Waqf properties in Bangladesh;

 
 
 
 

NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the seventh day of October, 1958, and having received the previous instructions of the President, the Governor is pleased, in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, to make and promulgate the following Ordinance, namely:-

 
 
 

Chapter I

Short title, extent and commencement
1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the 1[* * *] Waqfs Ordinance, 1962.
 
 
 
 
(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.
 
 
 
 
(3) It shall come into force at once.
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