Baitulmal Property Act of 1950 (Cabinet Resolution No. 31/50). Country/Territory Pakistan Territorial subdivision Azad Jammu and Kashmir Document type Legislation Date 1950 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Abandoned land/unoccupied land Cadastre/land registration Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Traditional rights/customary rights Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Entry into force notes This Act enters into force immediately. Abstract This Act shall extend to the whole of the liberated territory under the administration of the Azad Kashmir Government. In this Act the expression "Baitulmal Property" includes all property, whether movable or immovable, abandoned by Non-Muslims in the liberated territory and it shall vest in the Government. Subject to the control of the Deputy Commissioner, the duties of the Tehsildar are as follows: i) maintain strict control over the management of the abandoned land or other immovable property in the execution of the purposes of the Abandoned Lands Management Act of 1949; ii) manage and to see that such abandoned land or other Baitulmal property is let out to proper persons; iii) realise the produce of such abandoned land whenever ordered to do so by the Deputy Commissioner; iv) seize and to collect or to order the seizure or collection of Baitulmal property if it is possessed by any person in an unauthorized manner; v) supervise in the Tehsil the work of the Rehabilitation staff or other officers authorized by the Deputy Commissioner to execute the purposes of the Abandoned Lands Management Act of 1949. Full text English Website law.ajk.gov.pk References - Legislation Implements Abandoned Lands Management Act of 1949 (Cabinet Resolution No. 311/49). Legislation | Pakistan | 1949 Keyword: Land tenure, Abandoned land/unoccupied land, Cadastre/land registration, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Lease Source: FAO, FAOLEX