The Transfer of Property Act, 1882Central Act · Act 4 of 1882
This Act may be called the Transfer of Property Act, 1882.
Commencements.-- It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1882.
Extent.-- [It extends in the first instance to the whole of India. except [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States or in the States of], Bombay, Punjab and Delhi.]
[But this Act or any part thereof may by notification in the Official Gazette be extended to the whole or any part of [the said territories] by the State Government concerned.
[And any State Government may, *** from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt, either retrospectively or prospectively, any part of the territories administered by such State Government from all or any of the following provisions, namely:--
Sections 54, paragraphs 2 and 3, 59, 107 and 123.
[Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing part of this section, sections 54, paragraphs 2 and 3, 59, 107 and 123 shall not extend or be extended to any district or tract of country for the time being excluded from the operation of the Indian Registration Act, [1908 (16 of 1908)], under the power conferred by the first section of that Act or otherwise.]
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for the third paragraph.
other, Act 4 of 1941. . The application of this Act was barred in the Naga Hills District, including the Mokokchung Sub -division, the Dibrugarh Frontier Tract, the North Cachar Hills, the Garo Hills, the Khasi and Jantia Hills and the Mikir hills Tract, by notification under s. 2 of the Assant Frontier Tracts Regulation, 1880 (2 of 1880). Partially extended to Berar by Act 4 of 1941. Extended to Manipur by Act 68 of…
substituted. . Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".
substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for the original paragraph.
repealed, Reg. 1 of 1949. . The Act has been extended to The Presidency of Bombay (except Scheduled Districts) w.e.f. 1-1-1893; to Mehwassi Estate by Born. Reg. 1 of 1949; and to former princely area w.e.f. 1-4-1951; now applicable to whole of Maharashtra; Gujarat (Saurashtra area) by Saurashtra Ordinance 25 of 1949, and to Kutch area w.e.f. 1-1-1950. Madhya Pradesh: Mysore, w.e.f. 1-4-1951; Rajasthan, w.e.f. 1-7-1952; th…
substituted. . Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "the said States".
substituted, Act 3 of 1885. . Subs. by Act 3 of 1885, s. 1, for the original paragraph.
omitted, Act 38 of 1920. . The words "with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council" omitted by Act 38 of 1920, s. 2 and the Schedule.
added, Act 3 of 1885. . Added by Act 3 of 1885, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-7-1882).
substituted, Act 20 of 1929. . Subs. by Act 20 of 1929, s. 2, for 1877.
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