1[2. Extent.--This Act extends2 to the whole of India except 3[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States].]
1Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for section 2.
2It has been declared in force in the Sonthal Parganas by s. 3 of the Sonthal Parganas Settlement Regulation, 1872 (3 of 1872). It has also been partially extended to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941).
3Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2), Order 1956, for "Part B States".