Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

The Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 16 of 1997

(1) This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997.

(2) It extends to the [whole of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir].

(3) It shall come into force at once.

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Act	The Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997
Section	1
Marginal note	Short title, extent and commencement.
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

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

substituted. Substituted by S.O. 1229(E) dated 31.03.2020 for “whole of the State of Jammu and Kashmir”.

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