Section 1. 1st January, 1956, vide notification No. S.R.O. 3447, dated 8th November, 1955, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3

1. 1st January, 1956, vide notification No. S.R.O. 3447, dated 8th November, 1955, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3. 2. Subs. by Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for clause (c) (w.e.f. 1-11-56). *. 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 this Act has been extended in its application to the Union territory Goa, Daman and Diu by the Act 11 of 1963, s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f 1-2-1965). (4) For the purposes of sub-section (3), a court of small causes outside a presidency town or the city of Hyderabad shall be deemed to be subordinate to the district judge within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such court is situate. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*. (3) It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.