ENACTMENT NO 4 OF 1955 ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT, 1955 (1374H)
PART V - FINANCIAL General Endowment Fund
Section 58. Bait-ul-Mal
(1) The Bait-ul-Mal instituted by the Bait-ul-Mal Enactment and all investments and assets thereof, shall on the coming into force of this Enactment vest in the Corporation as part of the Fund.
(2) Where a Muslim dies in circumstances that under the provisions of Muslim law any share of his estate is due to the Bait-ul-Mal the said share shall vest in and form part of the Fund.
(3) Every executor of the will of a deceased Muslim and every administrator of the estate of a deceased Muslim shall, if there be any share of the deceased's estate due to the Bait-ul-Mal in the State, report the act to the Commissioner and furnish him with a true and full account of the value and nature of the estate within one month of obtaining probate or letters of administration, as the case may be, or with such further time as the Commissioner may in writing allow.
(4) Every executor or administrator as aforesaid all pay to the Corporation the equivalent cash value the share of the estate due to the Bait-ul-Mal within one month of the service on him of a notice from the Department demanding the same or within such further time as the Commissioner may in writing allow, provided that the Commissioner may allow further time as the Commissioner may in writing allow, provided that the Commissioner may allow further time on such terms as he may think fit.
(5) No executor or administrator as aforesaid shall apply to any Court for his discharge until he shall have produces a certificate from the Commissioner that no share of the estate is due to the Bait-ul-Mal or that the share so due has been paid.