(1) This Act may be called the Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920.
(2) It extends1 to the whole of India 2[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*]:
Provided that the 3[Government of any State] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that this Act, or any specified part thereof, shall not extend to 4[that State or any specified area therein] or to any specified trust or class of trusts.
1This Act has been extended to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941) and rep. in Orissa by the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1939 (Orissa 4 of 1939). The provisions of this Act, in so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of the Bengal Wakf Act, 1934 (Ben. 13 of 1934), do not apply to any Wakf property in Bengal: see s. 61 of that Act,
This Act has been extended in its application to Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1.7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and the First Schedule, to Pondicherry (w.e.f. 1-10-1963): vide Reg. 7 of 1963. s. 3 and the First Schedule and to Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 11 of 1963, s. 3 and the Schedule.
This Act has been declared to be in force in the Khondmals District by the Khondmals Laws Regulation, 1936 (4 of 1936), s. 3 and the Schedule; and in the Angul District by the Angul Laws Regulation, 1936 (5 of 1936), s. 3 and the Schedule,
This Act shall not apply to any wakf to which the Wakf Act, 1954 (29 of 1954) applies.
This Act has been amended in its application to Rajasthan by Rajasthan Act 42 of 1959.
This Act has ceased to be in Force in its application to the State of Madras by Madras Act 22 of 1959.
2Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule for "except Part B States".
3Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "G.G. in C.".
4Subs. ibid., for "any specified province or area".
*Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.