Wakf Act : Short title, extent and commencement. Indian Bare Acts :

Wakf Act,1995

Act No : 43

Section : Short title, extent and commencement.

1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Wakf Act, 1995. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force in a State on, such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different areas within a State, and for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act, shall in relation to any State or area therein, be construed as reference to the commencement of that provision in such State or area. 1. 1.1.1996: Vide Notification No. S. O. 1007 (E), dt. 27.12.1995. 2