(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.]3
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.]3
1. Subs. by Act 48 of 1959, s. 3 and Sch. I, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-2-1960).
2. 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).
3. 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).