[ 19th January, 1962 ]

Chapter II

APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR OF WAQFS, OFFICERS AND STAFF, AND CONSTITUTION OF COMMITTEE

The Administrator of Waqfs

Appointment of the Administrator

7. (1) The Government shall appoint an Administrator of Waqfs ¹[for Bangladesh].

(2) No person shall be appointed as Administrator unless he is a Muslim and possesses such qualifications as may be prescribed by the rules.

(3) The Administrator shall ordinarily be appointed for five years, and shall be eligible for re appointment.

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The words “for Bangladesh” were substituted for the words “for the Province of East Pakistan” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs