Kerala State Wakf Board is a statutory  body constituted by the Government of Kerala under the Wakf Act 1995 (Central Act  43 of 1995) several mosques ,kabarsthan ,orphanages ,dargas etc. are registered with this board in addition to the waqf properties. The Kerala State Wakf Board is a body corporate with perceptual succession and a common seal with powers to acquire and hold property etc.

The functions of the Kerala State Wakf Board are: (1) General Superintendence of all  Wakfs institutions and their properties in the State ,(2) to exercise powers under the Wakf Act so as to ensure that the Waqfs under its superintendence are properly maintain controlled and administered and the income thereof is duly applied to the objects for which such Wakfs are created or intended.

The State Government  appoints a Chief Executive Officer for the Boardin consultation with the Board . Also the Board is empowered by the Act to appoint such number of officers and other employees as may be necessary for performance of its functions in consultation with the State Government under section  24 of Wakf Act,1995. All the employees of the Board are
deemed to be public servants within the meaning of Section 21 of the IndianPenal Code(45 of 1860).

Administration
The Head Office of Wakf Board located near Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium  V.I.P. Road, Kaloor,Ernakulam is mainly responsible for the supervision of administration of Wakf institutions and its attached properties spread over the entire State.The Wakf Act, 1995 (Act No.43 of 1995) which came into force on 1-1-1996 by replacing the Wakf Act 1954 intends to provide better administration of wakfs.The Board consists of elected and nominated members from various categories which are mentioned in the Wakf Act.The Kerala State Wakf Board  came into existence in the year 1960 underthe Chairmanship of Jb. P.K.Kunju Sahib (Former minister) And the  present board is the 10th board after its formation.Present chairman is Jb.K.V.Abdulkader (Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly).

THE WAKF ACT, 1995
NO.43 OF 1995
[22nd November, 1994]
An Act to provide for the better administration of Wakfs and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-sixth year of the Republic of India as follows:

PRELIMINARY

1.Short title, extent and commencement:-(1) This Act may be called the Wakf Act, 1995.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the Central government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different areas within a State and for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act, shall, in relation to any State or area therein, be construed as reference to the commencement of that provision in such state or area.
2.Application of the Act:-Save as otherwise expressly provided under this Act, this Act shall apply to all wakfs whether created before or after the commencement of this Act:
Provided that nothing in this Act shall apply to Durgah Khawaja Saheb.Ajmer to which the Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act, 1955 (36 of 1955.) applies.
3.Definitions:-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) "beneficiary" means a person or object for whose benefit a wakf is created and includes religious, pious and charitable objects and any other objects of public utility sanctioned by the Muslim law;
(b) 'benefit" does not include any benefit which a mutawalli is entitled to claim solely by reason of his being such mutawalli;
(c) "Board" means a Board of wakf established under sub-section 91), or as the case may be, under sub-section 92) of section 13 and shall include a common Wakf Board established under section 106;
(d) "Chief Executive Officer" means the chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 23;
(e) "Council" means the Central Wakf Council established under section 9;
(f) "Executive Officer" means the Executive Officer appointed by the Board under sub-section (1) of section 38;
(g) "list of wakfs" means the list of wakfs published under sub-section (2) of section 5;
(h) "member" means a member of the Board and includes the Chairperson;
(I) "mutawalli" means any person appointed, either verbally or under any deed or instrument by which a wakf has been created, or by a competent authority, to be the mutawalli of a wakf and includes any person who is a mutawalli of a wakf by virtue of any custom or who is a naib-mutawalli, khadim, mujawar, sajjadanshin, amin or other person appointed by a mutawalli to perform the duties of a mutawalli and save as otherwise provided in this Act, any persons, committee or corporation for the time being managing or administering any wakf or wakf property:
Provided that no member of a committee or corporation shall be deemed to be a mutawalli unless such member is an office bearer of such committee or corporation;
(j) 'net annual income", in relation to a wakf, means net annual income determined in accordance with the provisions of the Explanations to sub-section (1) of section 72;
(k) "person interested in a wakf" means any person who is entitled to receive any pecuniary or other benefits from the wakf and includes-
(i) any person who has a right to worship or to perform any religious rite in a mosque idgah, imambara, dargah, khangah, maqbara, graveyard or any other religious institution connected with the wakf or to participate in any religious or charitable institution under the wakf;
(ii) the wakif and any descendant of the wakif and the mutawalli;
(l) "prescribed", except in Chapter III, means prescribed by rules made by the State Government;
(m) "regulations" means the regulations made by the Board under this Act;
(n) "Shia wakf" means a wakf governed by Shia law;
(o) "Sunni wakf" means a wakf governed by Sunni law;
(p) "Survey Commissioner" means the Survey Commissioner of Wakf appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4 and includes any Additional or Assistant Survey Commissioners of wakfs under sub-section (2) of section 4;
(q) "Tribunal", in relation to any area, means the Tribunal constituted under sub-section (1) of section 83, having jurisdiction in relation to that area;
(r) "wakf" means the permanent dedication by a person professing Islam, of any movable or immovable property for any purpose recognised by the Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable and includes -
(i) a wakf by user but such wakf shall not cease to be a wakf by reason only of the user having ceased irrespective of the period of such cesser;
(ii) "grants", including mashrut-ul-khidmat for any purpose recognised by the Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable; and
(iii) a wakf-alal-aulad to the extent to which the property is dedicated for any purpose recognised by Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable,
and "wakf" means any person making such dedication;
(s) "wakf deed" means any deed or instrument by which a wakf has been created and includes any valid subsequent deed or instrument by which any of the term of the original dedication have been varied;
(t) "Wakf Fund" means a wakf fund formed under sub-section (1) of section 77.