Section 1Central ActHMGA
Section 1: Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1*** and applies also to Hindus domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are outside the said territories.
1. 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).
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