(1) This Act may be called the Revenue Recovery Act, 1890.
2 [(2) It extends to the whole of India except 3 [*the State of Jammu and Kashmir];] 4***
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1This Act has been modified in its application to the Benares Family Domains, see s.15 of the Benares Family Domains Act, 1904 (U.P. Act 3 of 1904).
The Act has been extended to Goa, Daman and Diu with modifications by Reg. 12 of 1962, s. 3 and the Schedule, extended to and brought into force in Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 1-7-1965), to the Union territory of Lakshadweep by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-10-1967) and to the Union territory of Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and the Schedule.
The Act has been extended to Goa, Daman and Diu with modifications by Reg. 12 of 1962, s. 3 and the Schedule, extended to and brought into force in Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 1-7-1965), to the Union territory of Lakshadweep by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-10-1967) and to the Union territory of Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and the Schedule.
The Act has been amended in Assam by the Assam Act 16 of 1971.
2Subs. by the India (Adaptation of Income-tax, Profits Tax and Revenue Recovery Acts) Order, 1947 (G.G.O. 31, dated the 10th December, 1947) (Gazette of India, 1947, Extraordinary, p. 1333), for sub-section (2).
3Subs. by Act 33 of 1950, s. 2 and the Schedule, for “Part B States”.
4The word “and” rep. by Act 10 of 1914, s. 3 and the Second Schedule.
5Sub-section (3) rep. by s. 3 and the Second Schedule, ibid.