The Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916
1. Short title and extent.-
(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916.
1[(2) It extends2 to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.]3
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1. Subs. by Act 48 of 1959, sec. 3 and Sch. I, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-2-1960).
2. This Act has been extended to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941).
3. 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).
The Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916