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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 1

Title Extent and Commencement

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Lepers Act, 1898 Section 1 is part of Lepers Act, 1898 - Title Extent and Commencement. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) This Act may be called the Lepers Act, 1898.

[Subs. by the A.O.1950]

[(2) It extends 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

(3) It shall not come into force in {Subs., ibid, for ''any Part A State or Part C State''} [any part of the territories to which this Act extends] until the state Government, as hereinafter provided, has declared it applicable thereto.

(4) The State government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, apply this Act or any part thereof to the whole or any portion of the territories {Ins. ibid.} [ to which this Act extends ] for the time being under its administration {The words '' and may in like manner amend or cancel any such notification'' omitted by Act 22 of 1920, section.2}.

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