Section 1: Short title and extent.

The Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916Central Act · Act 15 of 1916

(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916.

[(2) It extends to the whole of India ***.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916
Section	1
Marginal note	Short title and extent.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 48 of 1959. . Subs. by Act 48 of 1959, s. 3 and Sch. I, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-2-1960).
omitted, Act 34 of 2019. . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
inserted, Reg. 6 of 1963. . The Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. In its application to Pondicherry, in section 1, after sub-section (2), the following shall be inserted "Provided that nothing contained in this Act, shall apply to the Renoncants of the Union territory of Pondicherry. "--(Vide Act 26 of 1968).

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