MUSLIM MOSQUES AND CHARITABLE TRUSTS OR WAKFS

(1) There may be appointed for the purposes of this Act a Director for Mosques and Muslim Charitable Trusts or Wakfs and such number of Deputy Directors for Mosques and Muslim Charitable Trusts or Wakfs and other officers and servants as may be necessary. Such Director, Deputy Directors and other officers and servants shall be public officers.

(2) A person who is not a Muslim shall not be appointed as the Director or as a Deputy Director.

(1) There shall be established for the purposes of this Act a board which shall be called the Mosques and Muslim Charitable Trusts or Wakfs Board and which shall consist of the Director and seven other members appointed by the Minister.

(2) Every member who vacates his office by effluxion of time shall be eligible for reappointment.

(3) The Minister may appoint one of the members, other than the Director, to be the Chairman of the board.

(4) The Minister may remove any member of the board from office if he is satisfied that such member is not discharging his duties in a competent manner. The removal of any member of the board from office by the Minister shall not be called in question in any court.

(a) is not a Muslim, or

(b) is, or becomes, a Member of Parliament, or

(c) is or becomes a trustee of a registered mosque, a Muslim shrine or place of religious resort or a Muslim charitable trust or wakf.

(a) if he is convicted by a competent court of an offence involving moral turpitude; or

(b) if he is adjudged by a competent court to be of unsound mind ; or

(c) if, having been adjudged an insolvent or a bankrupt, he has not been granted by a competent court a certificate to the effect that his insolvency or bankruptcy has arisen wholly or partly by unavoidable losses or misfortunes; or

(d) if he absents himself without leave of the board from three consecutive meetings of the board ; or

(e) if he is removed from office by the Minister under section 5 (4) ; or

(f) if he resigns office by writing under his hand addressed to the Minister.

(1) The Chairman shall preside at every meeting of the board at which he is present. If the Chairman is absent from any meeting of the board, the members present at the meeting shall elect one from among themselves to preside at the meeting.

(2) The quorum for a meeting of the board shall be three members.

(3) Where the votes of the members present and voting at any meeting of the board are equally divided in regard to any question, the Chairman or other member presiding at such meeting shall, in addition to his vote as. a member, have a casting vote.

(4) Meetings of the board shall be held at least once in every three months and in addition as frequently as is necessary for the exercise and discharge of its powers and duties under this Act.

(5) No act or proceeding of the board shall be invalid by reason of any vacancy among its members or any defect in the appointment of any member.

(6) Regulations may be made providing for the procedure to be followed at meetings of the board. Subject to the provisions of any such regulation, the board may regulate its own procedure.

(7) If at three consecutive meetings of the board there is not a sufficient number of members present to form a quorum for the transaction of business, the Minister may dissolve the existing board.

(a) to summon and compel the attendance to witnesses.

(b) to compel the production of documents, and

(c) to administer any oath or affirmation to witnesses.

(1) There shall be appointed by the Judicial Service Commission for the purposes of this Act a Waifs Tribunal or such number of Tribunals as may be determined by the Minister from time to time, each of which shall consist of three persons who are Muslims.

(2) The Commission shall appoint one of the members to be the Chairman of the Tribunal.

(3) Two members of the Tribunal shall form a quorum. No matter shall be heard by the Tribunal unless a quorum is present.

(4) The decision of a majority of the members of the Tribunal who are present at the hearing of any matter shall for all purposes be deemed to be the decision of the Tribunal.

(1) The powers of the Tribunal under this Act shall include the power to hear and determine any application made in respect of a Muslim charitable trust or waifs for ah order providing for all or any of the following purposes:

(a) to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses;

(b) to compel the production of documents ; and

(c) to administer any oath or affirmation to witnesses.

(1) Any person aggrieved by any order or decision made by the board may within thirty days of the date of such, order or decision appeal in writing to the Tribunal against such order or decision.

(2) For the purpose of hearing and deter mining any appeal made under subsection (1), the Tribunal shall have the following powers:

(3) After the hearing of an appeal, the Tribunal shall make order confirming, setting aside or varying the order or decision of the board, or make such other order thereon as it may think fit.

(1) The trustee for the time being of a mosque, or if there is no such trustee, the person for the time being in charge of a mosque, opened for public worship before the appointed date shall, within six months after that date, make a written application to the board for registration of that mosque.

(2) The trustee for the time being of a mosque, or if there is no such trustee, the person for the time being in charge of a mosque, opened for public worship on or after the appointed date shall, within six months after the date on which that mosque is so opened, make a written application to the board for registration of that mosque.

(1) Upon receipt of an application under section 10, the board may, by notice served in the prescribed manner, require the applicant to furnish to the board, within such time as may be specified in the notice, all such information and documents regarding the mosque to which that application relates as the board may consider necessary.

(2) Every applicant required by notice under subsection (1) to furnish any information and documents to the board shall furnish such information and documents to the board within the time specified in that notice.

(1) The board shall cause a register of mosques to be maintained.

(2) The register of mosques shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be open for inspection by any person at any time during which the office of the Director is open for the transaction of business.

(a) the particulars contained in such application, and

(b) if any information and documents had been received by it in accordance with any notice served under section 11 on the applicant for registration, such information and the particulars contained in such documents, shall cause that mosque to be registered in the register of mosques by the entry therein of the prescribed particulars relating to that mosque.

(1) Where the board determines that a mosque in respect of which no application for registration has been made should be registered, the board shall for the purposes of such registration collect all such information as it may consider necessary regarding that mosque, and publish a notice of such determination in the Sinhala, Tamil and English languages in the Gazette and in one or more newspapers circulating in the area in which such mosque is situated.

(2)Every notice under subsection (I) shall specify a date (such date being not later than one month after the date of that notice) on or before which objections to the proposed registration will be received by the board.

(3) Every objection preferred, in consequence of a notice under subsection (2) shall be in writing and shall contain a statement of the grounds upon which the objection is made.

(4) After the expiry of the date referred to in subsection (2), the board shall, if it is of the opinion that the mosque should be registered after considering the objections, if any, to the registration of the mosque, cause the mosque to be registered in the register of mosques by the entry therein of such particulars relating to the mosque as are available to the board.

(1) As soon as may be, after a mosque has been registered under section 13, the board

(1A) The board may at any time after the appointment of a person as trustee of a mosque revoke his appointment if it is satisfied that such appointment was made by reason of a mistake of law or of fact. Where the board decides to revoke the appointment of any person as a trustee it shall by notice in writing addressed to such person-

(2) Every person appointed as a trustee by the board shall

(3) Until the board makes an appointment or appointments under the preceding provisions of this section, the trustee or trustees for the time being of that mosque or, if there is no such trustee, the person for the time being in charge of the mosque shall be responsible for the exercise of all powers and the performance of all duties in connexion with that mosque.

(3A) It shall be the duty of the trustee or trustees of a mosque to submit to the Directors

Subsection (4) Repealed by [§ 11,33 of 1982]

(1) Every trustee of registered mosque shall vacate his office-

(2) Where a trustee of a registered mosque vacates office, the board may, taking into account the matters specified in section 14 (1), appoint in his place a new trustee for such period, not exceeding five years, as may be specified in his instrument of appointment.

(3) When a trustee vacates office the other trustees shall, during the continuance of the vacancy, exercise the powers vested in, and perform the duties imposed on, trustees by or under this Act.

(1) Upon the appointment of a trustee or trustees of a mosque by the board, the person or persons who immediately prior to the date of such appointment had in any capacity whatsoever the possession, custody or control of any property which-

(2) Where any person fails to comply with the requirements of a request made under subsection (1) within thirty days of the date of receipt of such request, the board may, if it decides so to do, cause a notice in writing to be served on such person. Every such notice shall direct such person to hand over or deliver possession of, within a period not exceeding one month as may be specified in such notice, such property as may be specified in the notice together with any documents relating thereto to the trustee or trustees of the mosque appointed by the board.

(3) Where any person fails to deliver possession of, or to hand over, to the trustee or trustees of a mosque any property other than money specified in a notice served on him under subsection (2) within the period specified in that notice, the Director, if directed so to do by the board, shall, on making an application in that behalf to the Magistrate’s Court having jurisdiction over the place where the land is situated, if such property is land, or where such person resides, if such property is property other than land, be entitled to an order of that court directing the Fiscal to deliver possession of or hand over such property to the trustee or trustees of the mosque.

(4) Where any person fails to hand over to the trustee or trustees of a mosque any sum of money specified in a notice served on him under subsection (2) within the period specified in that notice, the Director may issue a certificate setting out the sum of money and the name and last known place of abode of such person to a Magistrate having jurisdiction over the place in which such person resides and such sum may be recovered in like manner as a fine imposed by that court, notwithstanding that the amount of the money may exceed the amount of the fine which that court may in the exercise of its ordinary jurisdiction impose. Nothing in the preceding provisions of this subsection shall authorize or require the Magistrate in any proceeding thereunder to consider, examine or decide the correctness of any statement in the certificate of the Director.

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(6)

(7) A decision of the board under subsection (2) shall be final and conclusive and shall not be called in question in any court:

Provided, however, that any person who claims to have any interest in any property which has been handed over, or the possession of which has been delivered to, the trustee or trustees of a registered mosque under the preceding provisions of this section may, not later than six months after the date on which such property has been handed over or possession thereof has been delivered to such trustee or trustees, institute an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover possession of such property, and the decision in such action shall be binding on such trustee or trustees and the board, but so however that no costs or damages shall be awarded against the board or any member thereof or such trustee or trustees.

(1) There shall vest in the trustee or trustees of a registered trustee or mosque-

(2) All moneys which, under subsection (1), vest in the trustee or trustees of a registered mosque are in this Act referred to as the income of that mosque.

(1) It shall be the duty of the trustee or trustees of a registered mosque, on a direction issued by the board and subject to the provisions of subsection (3), to deposit the income of that mosque in a separate account with a bank approved by the board.

(2) The bank pass books relating to any account referred to in subsection (I) shall be open for inspection by the auditor or other person referred to in section 28 at all reasonable times during the day.

(3) Where a direction is issued by the board for the deposit of the income of a registered mosque in a bank, the trustee or trustees of that mosque, shall not retain in his or their possession at any time any sum in excess of one hundred rupees.

(a) the repair and maintenance of the mosque and the premises belonging thereto;

(b) the remuneration of the persons employed for the purposes of the mosque;

(c) the performance of religious worship and of all customary religious observances ordinarily performed in the mosque;

(d) the promotion of religious or secular education at any school maintained in connexion with the mosque and the relief of poor students at any such school;

(e) the relief of the poor, the giving of alms in accordance with custom and the burial of poor Muslims ;

(f) the remuneration, as determined by the board, of the trustee or trustees of the mosque and the payment of all expenses incurred by such trustee or trustees in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of such trustee or trustees;

(g) the payment of compensation awarded under section 21 and the payment of all fees due under this Act in respect of the mosque; and

(h) any other purposes which may be deemed necessary by the jamaath.

(1) No moneys of a mosque shall be invested in such manner as may earn interest.

(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1), the trustee of a mosque may, with the approval of the board-

(1) The Director may in writing authorize such number of officers as may be necessary to be authorized officers for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Upon being instructed by the Director in that behalf, an authorized officer, shall

(a) that any immovable property belonging to, or held in trust for, any mosque has been mortgaged, sold or alienated prior to the appointed date to the detriment of that mosque; or

(b) that any immovable property which is vested by section 16 in the trustee or trustees of a registered mosque has been mortgaged, sold or alienated contrary to the provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the board to direct an authorized officer to institute legal proceedings in a competent court to set aside such mortgage, sale or alienation and to recover possession of the property:

Provided, however, that in the absence of collusion or knowledge between the parties, the court, in setting aside any such mortgage, sale or alienation, shall award compensation to the mortgagee, vendee, or alienee for any permanent improvements made by him to, or upon, such property.

(1) The trustee or trustees of a registered mosque may from time to time lease all or any of the immovable property vested in such trustee or trustees by section 16 for such rent, and upon such conditions as such trustee or trustees may deem reasonable: Provided, however, that-

(2) Any lease granted in contravention of the provisions of subsection (I) shall be null and void and of no effect in law.

(3) Where the board is satisfied that any immovable property has been leased in contravention of the preceding provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of the board to direct an authorized officer to institute legal proceedings in a competent court to declare such lease null and void and to recover possession of the property.

(1) An authorized officer or the trustee or trustees of a registered mosque may with the approval of the board sue for the recovery of any property vested in such trustee or trustees under section 16, or for the recovery of the possession of any such property, or for any other purpose connected with, or incidental to, the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of such trustee or trustees.

(2) The trustee of a registered mosque or an authorized officer, whether he is the plaintiff or defendant in an action, shall not be personally liable in costs for any act bona fide done by such trustee or authorized officer in the exercise of the powers or the performance of the duties of such trustee or authorized officer.

(a) to keep in such form as the board may direct full and detailed accounts of the income of that mosque and of all expenditure incurred by such trustee or trustees;

(b) to keep in such form as the board may direct an inventory of all property for the time being vested in such trustee or trustees; and

(c) to make such accounts and inventory available for inspection by any member of the board or by any person authorized by the board or by an authorized office at all reasonable times during the day.

(1) It shall be the duty of the trustee or trustees of a registered mosque-

(2) Every statement of accounts prepared under subsection (1) shall be in the language in which the accounts of the mosque are usually kept.

(1) The board may, of its Own motion or upon a complaint made by any five members of the jamaath of any mosque registered mosque, either inquire, or direct the Director or any person authorized in that behalf by the board to hold an inquiry, into any alleged misfeasance, breach of trust or neglect of duty committed by a trustee of that mosque in respect of any property vested in that trustee or into any failure on the part of a trustee of that mosque to comply with the provisions of this Act, or into the inability of a trustee of that mosque to perform the duties imposed by or under this Act or to administer efficiently the general affairs of that mosque.

(2) Where an inquiry under subsection (1) has been held by the board, the board may, if it is satisfied that the allegations against the trustee have been proved, remove such trustee from office.

(3) Where an inquiry under subsection (1) has been held by the Director, the Director may, if he is satisfied that the allegations against the trustee have been proved, suspend such trustee and appoint an interim trustee and thereupon shall submit a report in writing on the inquiry held by him to the board who shall after considering such report remove the trustee, in respect of whom such inquiry was held, from office or reinstate such trustee.

(4) Where an inquiry under subsection (1) has been held by a person other than the Director, such person shall submit a report on the inquiry held by him to the board who may if it is satisfied that the allegations against the trustee have been proved, remove the trustee from office.

(5) Where any person has been appointed as an interim trustee of a registered mosque under subsection (3), such person shall hold office until the board either reinstates the trustee who was suspended or appoints a new trustee, and shall exercise, perform and discharge the powers, duties or functions conferred or imposed upon, or vested in, a trustee of a mosque by or under this Act.

(6) Subject to the provisions of subsection (7), the Director upon direction issued by the board in that behalf in respect of a registered mosque, or any five persons interested in that mosque, may as against a trustee of that mosque, make an application to the Tribunal for an order providing for all or any of the following purposes:-

(7) No application, other than an application made by the Director, shall be entertained by the Tribunal under this section unless the application is accompanied by a certificate under the hand of the Director that the application has been approved . by the board.

(8) For the purposes of this section, any member of the jamaath of a registered mosque shall be deemed to be a person interested in that mosque.

(9) Where five or more persons interested in a mosque have made an application under subsection (6), the withdrawal of one or more than one such person from the application shall not prevent the Tribunal from hearing and determining the application so long as at least one person who made the application continues to be a party.

(a) relating to the constitution of the office of trustee of any mosque, or the period during which any such trustee shall hold office or the powers and duties of any such trustee, or

(b) prescribing the purposes for which and the manner in which the income from any property held in trust for the benefit of any mosque may be applied.

(1) The provisions of this Part shall apply to every Muslim charitable trust or wakf created for all or any of the following purposes other than a Muslim charitable trust or wakf which is solely for the benefit of a registered mosque:-

(1) The trustee or trustees of a Muslim charitable trust or wakf created before the appointed date shall furnish to the board, within six months after that date, a statement setting out the particulars specified in section 34 in respect of that trust or wakf.

(2) The trustee or trustees of a Muslim charitable trust or wakf created on or after the appointed date shall furnish to the board, within six months after the date of creation of that trust, a statement setting out the particulars specified in section 34 in respect of that trust or wakf.

(3) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, the board may, where the board is satisfied that the trustee or trustees of a Muslim charitable trust or will be unable to furnish the statement required to be furnished under those provisions within the time allowed by those provisions, allow such trustee or trustees further time for the purpose of furnishing such statement.

(1) Every statement required to be furnished under section 33 in respect of a Muslim charitable trust or wakf shall contain the following particulars:-

(2) Every statement of particulars required to be furnished under section 33 in respect of any Muslim charitable trust or wakf shall be accompanied by a copy, certified as a true copy under the hand of the person furnishing that statement, of every deed or other instrument, if any, by which that trust or wakf was created :

Provided, however, that where no such deed or instrument has been executed, or no such copy can be procured, the statement of particulars shall contain all such information as may be within the knowledge of the person or persons furnishing such statement relating to the origin, nature and objects of such trust or wakf.

(3) Every statement of particulars required to be furnished under section 33 shall be signed by the person or persons by whom the statement is furnished and shall contain a declaration that the particulars contained therein are true and accurate. Such declaration shall be free of stamp duty.

(1) It shall be the duty of the trustee or trustees of a Muslim charitable trust or wakfto furnish to the board before the first day of June in each year a statement of accounts in such form as may be prescribed relating to all moneys received and expended in respect of that trust or wakf during the period of twelve months ending on the thirty-first day of March of that year:

Provided, however, that where the board is satisfied that such trustee or trustees will be unable to furnish such statement before the first day of June in that year, the board may allow such trustee or trustees further time for the purpose of furnishing such statement.

(2) Every statement of accounts furnished under this section shall be signed by the trustee or trustees by whom the statement is furnished and shall contain a declaration that the particulars set out therein are true and accurate. Such declaration shall be free of stamp duty.

(3) Every statement of accounts furnished under this section shall be in the language in which the accounts of the trust or wakf axe usually kept.

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Director upon a direction given by the board in that behalf in respect of a Muslim charitable trust or wakf, or any five persons interested in that trust or wakf, may, without joining as plaintiff any other person so interested, institute an action in the District Court of the district in which the whole or any part of the subject-matter of that trust or wakf is situated, to obtain a decree providing for both or either of the following purposes :

(2) No action other than an action instituted by the Director shall be entertained by the District Court under this section unless the plaint in the action is accompanied by a certificate under the hand of the Director that the action has been approved by the board.

(3) The interest required in order to entitle any person to be one of the plaintiffs in any action instituted under this section need not be a pecuniary or immediate interest or such an interest as would entitle the person to take any part in the management or superintendence of the trust or wakf.

(4) For the purposes of any action to be instituted on any date under this section, any person who-

(5) Where five or more persons interested in a Muslim charitable trust or wakf have instituted an action under subsection (I), the withdrawal of one or more than one such person from the action shall not prevent the District Court from continuing and concluding that action, so long as at least one person who instituted the action continues to be a party.

subsection (6) Repealed by [§ 22,33 of 1982]

(a) order the inspection of any institution maintained for the purposes of, or in connexion with, that trust or wakf by persons authorized by the Tribunal;

(b) fix as the amount of the annual remuneration of any trustee of that trust or wakf any amount not exceeding ten per centum of the gross annual income of that trust or wakf; and

(c) direct that any surplus remaining out of the income of that trust or wakf after reasonable provision has been made for carrying out the objects of that trust or wakf shall be applied to such purposes as the Tribunal may consider fit.

(1) There shall be a Muslim Charities Fund (hereinafter referred to as the ” fund”), and the fund shall be administered by the board.

(2) Subject as hereinafter provided, it shall be the duty of the trustee or trustees of each mosque referred to in Part II or Part III, Muslim shrine or place of religious resort referred to in Part IV, or Muslim charitable trust or wakf referred to in Part V, in respect of that mosque, shrine, place, trust or wakf, to pay to the Director in each year to be credited to the fund, within twenty-one days after the date on which the statement referred to in section 46 is required to be furnished, a contribution on the total income of that mosque, shrine, place, trust or wakf, less any sums paid out of such income as rates and taxes, during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the thirty-first day of March of that year, calculated at such of the rates specified in the First Schedule to this Act as is appropriate to the case, and, where such trustee or trustees has or have failed to furnish such statement, a contribution out of such amount as is determined by the board to be Income of that mosque, shrine, place, trust or wakf has any sums paid out of such income as rates or taxes, during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the thirty-first day of March in the year in which such failure has occurred, calculated at such of the rates specified in that Schedule as is appropriate to the case: Provided, however, that the board may by Order published in the Gazette exempt any such trustee or trustees from the obligation to pay such contribution.

(3) In addition to the contribution referred to in subsection (2), there shall be credited to the fund all such sums as may from time to time be paid or bequeathed to the Director as donations to the fund.

(4) Any contribution payable to the Director under subsection (2) shall be recoverable in such manner as may be prescribed.

(5) Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Part and of any regulations referred to in subsection (7), the Director shall be responsible for the management of the fund and for the due application of the moneys and income thereof for such purposes as may be approved by the board.

(6) All actions and other proceedings in respect of the fund shall be by or against the Director; and all contracts and other transactions with respect to the fund shall be entered into by the Director or some officer authorized by the Director for the purpose.

(7) Regulations may be made providing for the manner in which the conditions subject to which the powers, duties and functions assigned to the Director by subsection (5) shall be exercised and performed.

(8) The accounts of the fund shall be maintained by or under the direction of the Director and audited by an auditor, or by any other person, approved by the board and shall be accompanied by a report of the person auditing the accounts.

(9) For the purposes of this section, section 46, and the First Schedule hereto, the total income in respect of a Muslim charitable trust or wakf shall not include income from a mosque or Muslim shrine or place of religious resort.

(a) the building, restoration and maintenance of mosques;

(b) the relief of poverty among Muslims or any section thereof;

(c) the advancement of the education of the Muslims or any section thereof;

(d) the advancement of Islam generally;

(e)’ any other purpose beneficial to Muslims or any section thereof; and

(f) the payment of expenditure incurred in the management and administration of the fund.

(1) It shall be the duty of the trustee or trustees of each mosque referred to in Part II or Part III, Muslim shrine or place of religious resort referred to in Part IV or Muslim charitable trust or wakf referred to in Part V to furnish on or before the first day of June in each year, in addition to any other statement of accounts which is required to be furnished under this Act, a statement specifying the income referred to in section 43 :

Provided, however, that where the board is satisfied that such trustee or trustees will be unable to furnish such statement before the first day of June in such year, the board may allow such trustee or trustees further time for the purpose of furnishing such statement.

(2) Every statement furnished under this section shall be signed by the trustee or trustees by whom the statement is furnished and shall contain a declaration that the particulars set out therein are true and accurate. Such declaration shall be free of stamp duty.

(3) Every statement furnished under this section shall be in the language in which the accounts of the trust or wakf are usually kept.

(a) the submission of accounts by a trustee or trustees in respect of any period not exceeding three years prior to the date on which such decree is made;

(b) the payment by a trustee or trustees of any sum paid by him or them wrongly to any other person or appropriated by him or them dishonestly to his or their own use;

(c) the payment by a trustee or trustees of any sum representing a loss to the funds of a registered mosque or a Muslim charitable trust or wakf, such loss being caused by any neglect or omission of such trustee or trustees;

(d) the deposit by a trustee or trustees of security.

(1) Every person who-

SubSection (2) Repealed by [§ 28,33 of 1982]

(3) Every person guilty of an offence under this Act shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(1) The Minister may, with the advice of the board, make regulations for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the principles and provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Minister may, with the advice of the board, make regulations in respect of all or any of the following matters:-

(3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication or on such later date as may be specified in the regulation.

(4) Every regulation shall as soon as convenient after publication in the Gazette be brought before Parliament for approval and upon such approval, shall have the same force and effect as a provision in this Act. Any regulation which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded from the date of its disapproval but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.

(5) Notification of the date on which any regulation made by the Minister is deemed to be rescinded shall be published in the Gazette.”.