(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance
Act, 1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
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).