(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.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and Sch. V (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).