Act Info:
This Act may be called the Religious Societies Act, 1880.
It [The words " shall come into force at once, and " rep.by Act 10 of 1914, s 3 and Sch.II] shall extend to the whole of India except [Subs by the Adaptation of Laws (No, 2) Order, 1956, for " Part B States "] [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States],
but nothing herein contained shall apply to any Hindus, Muhammadans or Buddhists, or to any persons whom the State Government may from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, exclude from the operation of this Act.