Section 1Short title and extent

Section 1: Short title and extent

1. Short title and extent

(1)

This Act may be called the Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937.

[(2) It extends to the whole of India except [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] and applies also to citizens of India wherever they may be.]

Amendment notes (2)
  1. Subs . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
  2. Subs . Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".