In force · As amended up to 2026-08
17. Extent of Act.— This Act shall in the first instance extend only to the[2] territories under the government of the Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal.
Power to Governor General in Council to extend this Act. —But it shall be lawful for the State Government, by notification in the Local Gazette , to[3] extend this Act, mutatis mutandis , to any other part of the[4] [the territories under its government], except the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay[5] * * *
Source: India Code