Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 comes into force on 8 April 2025
The Ministry of Minority Affairs notified 8 April 2025 as the date on which the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 14 of 2025), which received Presidential assent on 5 April, came into force.
Summary
The Ministry of Minority Affairs issued a notification under section 1(2) of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (14 of 2025) appointing 8 April 2025 as the date on which the provisions of the Act came into force. The Act received the President's assent on 5 April 2025 and was published in the Gazette that day by the Legislative Department. Among its provisions, it substitutes the words 'Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development' for the word 'Waqf' in the short title of the Waqf Act, 1995. A separate notification (S.O. 1676(E)) dated 9 April 2025 brought the Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Act, 2025 (15 of 2025) into force from 9 April 2025.
Key facts
- Act
- Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (No. 14 of 2025)
- Assent
- 5 April 2025
- In force
- 8 April 2025 (notification under section 1(2))
- Notified by
- Ministry of Minority Affairs
- New short title of 1995 Act
- Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995
- Related
- Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Act, 2025 (15 of 2025) in force from 9 April 2025, S.O. 1676(E)
Practice MCQs 3 questions
From which date did the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 come into force?
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Correct answer: B — 8 April 2025
8 April 2025, as notified by the Ministry of Minority Affairs under section 1(2); the Act received assent on 5 April 2025.
Consider the following statements about the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025: 1. It received the President's assent on 8 April 2025. 2. It changes the short title of the Waqf Act, 1995 by substituting the words 'Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development' for 'Waqf'. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Only 2 is correct. The Act received assent on 5 April 2025; 8 April 2025 is the date it came into force.
From which date did the Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Act, 2025 come into force?
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Correct answer: D — 9 April 2025
9 April 2025, under notification S.O. 1676(E) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, a day after the Waqf (Amendment) Act took effect.