Malaysia legislation
Section 18
of ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW (FEDERAL TERRITORIES) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025
Section 18
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 61
the following section:
“Wakaf Committee 61a. (1) For the purpose of exercising its powers under section 61, the Majlis shall establish a committee to be known as the “Wakaf Committee of the Majlis Agama Islam
Wilayah Persekutuan”.
(2)
The Wakaf Committee shall have the following functions:
(a)
to accept and register, or reject any property as a mawquf;
(b)
to appoint any person as a mutawalli to carry out the following functions:
(i)
collecting and receiving any mawquf;
(ii)
managing, administering and developing any mawquf; and
(iii)
distributing any benefits of mawquf;
(c)
to appoint any person as a qayyim to carry out any one or two of the following functions:
(i)
collecting and receiving any mawquf;
(ii)
managing, administering and developing any mawquf; or
(iii)
distributing any benefits of mawquf;
(d)
to recognize any administrator appointed by the person who surrenders and contributes his property as mawquf (waqif);
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(e)
to carry out istibdal;
(f)
to acquire any property as a mawquf by using money from Baitulmal or other approved sources in accordance with Islamic Law;
(g)
to undertake and manage the development of a mawquf and maintain the mawquf;
(h)
to approve any wakaf product or scheme;
(i)
to carry out any directives, policies or decisions of the Majlis in relation to wakaf;
(j)
to collect all proceeds obtained from mawquf; and
(k)
to do such other things as it thinks fit to enable it to perform its functions effectively or which are incidental to the performance of its functions.
(3)
The Majlis may, with the approval of the
Yang di-Pertuan Agong, make rules providing for—
(a)
the membership and procedures of the Wakaf
Committee;
(b)
the matters relating to registration of wakaf;
(c)
the matters relating to the appointment of a mutawalli and qayyim and the recognition of an administrator;
(d)
the matters relating to the management, development and implementation of wakaf;
(e)
the appointment and responsibilities of the Chief Registrar of Wakaf and Registrar of Wakaf and the Register of Wakaf;
(f)
the allowances payable to members of the Wakaf
Committee;
(g)
the fee payable in respect of wakaf;
(h)
the pillars, conditions and methods of wakaf;
Administration of Islamic Law (Federal Territories)
(Amendment)
(i)
the offences relating to wakaf; and
(j)
any other matters relating to wakaf.”.
Amendment of section 63