This Act may be called the Indian Trusts Act, 1882.
Commencement.—and it shall come into force on the first day of March, 1882.
Local extent.—1 [It extends to 2 [the whole of India 3*** and] the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 4 ***; but the Central Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend it to 5 [the, Andaman and Nicobar Islands] or to any part thereof.]
Savings.—But nothing herein contained affects the rules of Muhammadan law as to waqf, or the mutual relations of the members of an undivided family as determined by any customary or personal law, or applies to public or private religious or charitable endowments, or to trusts to distribute prizes taken in war among the cap
tors; and nothing in the Second Chapter of this Act applies to trusts created before the said day.1Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for the first sentence.
2Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “all the Provinces of India, except”.
3The words “except the state of Jammu & Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 & 96 and the Schedule. V. (w.e.f. 31 -10-2019).
4The words “and Panth Piploda” omitted by the A.O. 1950.
5Subs., ibid., for “either or both of the said Provinces”.