Section 1: Short title and extent.

The Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920Central Act · Act 14 of 1920

(1) This Act may be called the Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920.

(2) It extends to the whole of India [except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*]:

Provided that the [Government of any State] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that this Act, or any specified part thereof, shall not extend to [that State or any specified area therein] or to any specified trust or class of trusts.

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Act	The Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920
Section	1
Marginal note	Short title and extent.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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repealed, Orissa 4 of 1939. . This Act has been extended to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941) and rep. in Orissa by the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1939 (Orissa 4 of 1939). The provisions of this Act, in so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of the Bengal Wakf Act, 1934 (Ben. 13 of 1934), do not apply to any Wakf property in Bengal: see s. 61 of that Act, This Act has been extended in it…
substituted, Act 3 of 1951. . Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule for "except Part B States".
substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "G.G. in C.".
substituted. . Subs. ibid., for "any specified province or area". *. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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