1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]
(3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of March 1894.
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1. Subs. by Act No. 68 of 1984, (w.e.f. 24-9-1984).