Section 16: Disqualification for being appointed, or for continuing as, a member of the Board.

A person shall be disqualified for being appointed, or for continuing as, a member of the Board if—

(a) he is not a Muslim and is less than twenty-one years of age;

(b) he is found to be a person of unsound mind;

(c) he is an undischarged insolvent;

(d) he has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude and such conviction has not been reversed or he has not been granted full pardon in respect of such offence; (da) he has been held guilty of encroachment on any waqf property;

(e) he has been on a previous occasion—

(i) removed from his office as a member or as a mutawalli, or (ii) removed by an order of a competent court or tribunal from any position of trust either for mismanagement or for corruption.]