1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(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.
Note: The Act was formerly known as the Waqf Act, 1995, and was renamed by the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (14 of 2025), w.e.f. 8-4-2025.
