Which of the following gives the meaning of the term 'Beneficiary' in the Wakf (Waqf) Act, 1995?

Section 3(a) of the Waqf Act, 1995 defines a beneficiary as "A person or object for whose benefit a wakf is created", and the definition expressly includes religious, pious and charitable objects and any other objects of public utility sanctioned by Muslim law. A definition that excludes those objects, or that says the waqf is not created for the beneficiary, misstates section 3(a).

Current law: The beneficiary definition remains in section 3(a). Following the 2025 amendments, the parent statute bears the title Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995; this naming change does not alter the tested definition.