Wakaf (State of Sabah) Enactment 2018
Copy of the official text captured from Sabah State Attorney-General's Chambers (SAGC) LawNet (sagc.sabah.gov.my) on 27 October 2026. Always check the official portal for the authoritative current version.
| Type | State enactment |
|---|---|
| Applies to | Sabah |
| Year | 2018 |
| Published by | Sabah State Attorney-General's Chambers (SAGC) LawNet |
Contents — Parts and sections
58 sections in 11 Parts, headings copied from the “ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS” of the official text (copy of 27 October 2026). Read the full wording in the PDF.
Definitions: section 2 (Interpretation).
Part 1 PRELIMINARY (2)
- s 1 Short title and commencement
- s 2 Interpretation
Part II POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MAJLIS (5)
- s 3 Majlis as sole trustee for all mawquf
- s 4 Vesting of mawquf
- s 5 Power of Majlis to purchase property
- s 6 Power of Majlis to istibdal
- s 7 Power to delegate
Part III APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF REGISTRAR OF WAKAF AND REGISTRAR OF WAKAF (1)
- s 8 Chief Registrar of Wakaf and Registrar of Wakaf
Part IV CREATION OF WAKAF (16)
- s 9 Pillars of wakaf
- s 9A Eligibility of waqif
- s 9B Types of wakaf
- s 9C Application of property as mawquf
- s 9D Creation of wakaf
- FOR REFERENCE ONLY (September 2024)
- s 10 Commencement of wakaf
- s 11 Restriction on wakaf khas
- s 12 Registration of mawquf
- s 13 Publication of list of mawquf
- s 14 Invalid wakaf
- s 15 Wakaf to some heirs is invalid
- s 16 Wakaf ta’liq
- s 17 Wakaf irsod, wakaf muabbad, wakaf musyak or wakaf musytarak
- s 18 Determination of mawquf
- s 19 Construction of instruments creating or affecting wakaf
- s 19A Guidelines and directives
Part V MAWQUF (9)
- s 20 Conditions of mawquf
- s 21 Cash wakaf
- s 22 Wakaf scheme
- s 23 Wakaf of proceeds from premise and products from agriculture on land owned, rented or leased
- s 24 Right of waqif on the benefit, profit or interest of a mawquf
- s 25 Istibdal mawquf
- s 26 Abandoned mawquf in wakaf khas
- s 27 Power of Majlis to claim rental
- s 28 Redevelopment of mawquf
Part VI MAWQUF ‘ALAIH (3)
- s 29 Right of waqif to determine the conditions of mawquf ‘alaih
- s 30 Non-existence of mawquf-alaih
- s 31 The distribution of benefit, profit or interest
- FOR REFERENCE ONLY (September 2024)
Part VII WAKAF BY WAY OF WILL (5)
- s 32 Wakaf to heirs
- s 33 Wakaf to non-heirs
- s 34 Wakaf by way of will
- s 35 Rate of wakaf by way of will
- s 36 Wakaf by way of will which is not executed
Part VIII WAKAF FUND (4)
- s 37 Wakaf Fund
- s 38 Benefit, profit or interest of wakaf am and wakaf khas
- s 39 Utilization of Wakaf Fund
- s 40 Accounts and reports of Wakaf Fund.
Part IX OFFENCES AND PENALTIES (4)
- s 41 Occupying wakaf land or wakaf building without permission of the Majlis or the Board
- s 42 Administering or managing of wakaf am or wakaf khas without permission of the Majlis or the Board
- s 43 Preventing mawquf ‘alaih from enjoying benefit, profit or interest of mawquf
- s 44 Giving false information
Part X ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATION (6)
- s 45 Authorization
- s 46 Power of investigation
- s 47 Obstruction of authorized officer
- 48 Prosecution
- s 49 Power of Chief Syar’ie Prosecutor not affected
- s 50 Other order by the Court
- s 51 Application of Chapter 6 Part VII of the Syariah Criminal Procedure Enactment 2004 [No. 9 of 2004]
- FOR REFERENCE ONLY (September 2024)
Part XI GENERAL (3)
- s 52 Reference to State Fatwa Council
- s 53 Power to make regulations
- s 54 Declaration
Schedules: SCHEDULE — FOR REFERENCE ONLY (September 2024) I assent, Yang di-Pertua Negeri. No. 7 of 2018
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Version history
| Captured | Language | Official “last updated” | Pages | SHA-256 | File |
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| 27 October 2026 | English | — | 31 | 68fbc57e7c56 | PDF 0.8 MB |
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