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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 1

Short Title, Extent and Commencement

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 1 is part of Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Short Title, Extent and Commencement. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

This Act may be called the Indian Contract Act, 1872.

Extent, Commencement--It extends to the whole of India1[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]; and it shall come into force on the first day of September, 1872.

Enactments Repealed-2[* * *] Nothing herein contained shall affect the provisions of any Statute, Act or Regulation not hereby expressly repealed, nor any usage or custom of trade, nor any incident of any contract, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act

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1. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "except part B States".

2. The Words "The enactments mentioned in the Schedule here to are repealed to the extent specified in the third column thereof, but" rep. by Act 10 of 1914, section 3 and Schedule II.

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