 the public wakfs (extension of limitation) bill, 1959(as introduced in lok sabha on 3rd august, 1959)  bill no 50 of 1959 the public wakfs (extension of limitation) bill,1959(as introduced in lok sabha)  a billto extend the period of limitation in certain cases for suits to recover possession of immovable property forming part of public wakfs be it enacted by parliament in the tenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the public wakfs (extension of short tide limit'ltion) act, 1959 and extent s (2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and kashmir 2 in this act, "public wakf" means the permanent dedication by definition a person professing islam of any immovable property for any purpose recognised by muslim law as a public purpose of a pious, religious or 10 charitable nature 3 where a person entitled to institute a suit of the description hxtenaion referred to in article 142 or article 144 of the first schedule to the of period i di l· ·t t· a 1908 f  f  bi oflimitan an iml a ion ct, , or possession 0 any immova e property tion in cerforming part of a public wakf or 'my interest therein has been dis- tain c~ ed h d·  ed th  t ti af h for suits to 15 possess , or as lscontmu e possession, a any me ter t e recover 14th day of august, 1947, and before the 7th day of may, 1954, or, as pf~ssion the case may be, the possession of the defendant in such a suit has ~b::=-­become adverse to such person at any time during the said period, perty formi then, notwithstanding anything contained in the said act, the period ~~'f,rcrt 0 ~ of limitation in respect of such a suit shall extend up to the 15th day waltfs of august, 1967 repeal and 4 (1) the public wakfs (extension of limitation) ordinance, 1959, is hereby repealed (2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this act as if this act had commenced on the 20th 5 day of july, 1959  statement of objects and reasonsfollowing the partition of the country in august, 1947, a number of wald properties passed into unauthorised hands many of the mutwallis who were in charge of these properties had migrated to pakistan and the few who stayed behind could not for various reasons institute civil proceedings for the recovery of possession of these properties the result is, that ever since the partition, a large number of these wakf properties has been in the possession of unauthorised occupants under the law as it stands at present, the title of the true owners would be extinguished, if the properties are in adverse possession for twelve years or more it is, therefore, proposed to extend the period of limitation up to the 15th august, 1967, in respect of suits for the recovery of possession of any immovable property forming part of a public wakf in any case where the dispossession has taken place at any time between the 15th august, 1947 (the date of partition) and the 7th may, 1954 (the date from which power to declare any property as evacuee property under the administration of evacuee property act, 1950, ceased) this would ena?le the wald boards constituted under the wakf act and other interested persons to institute such suits since the period of limitation in some cases would expire in august, 1959, an ordinance was promulgated for making the necessary alteration in the law of limitation the present bill seeks to replace the ordinance by an act of parliament a k sen new delhi; the 31st july, 1959 a bill to extend the period of limitation in certain cases for suits to recover possession of immovable property forming part of public wakfs (shr; asoke k sen, minister of law) 