1. Short title and extent
(1)
This Act may be called the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937.
(2)
It extends to the whole of India [***]. ***
Amendment notes (6)
- Subs w.e.f. 1-2-1960 . Subs. by Act 48 of 1959, s. 3 and the First Schedule for "except the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States" (w.e.f. 1-2-1960).
- omitted . The words "excluding the North-West Frontier Province" omitted by the Indian Independence (Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances) Order, 1948.
- omitted . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
- inserted . In its application to Pondicherry. In section 1, after sub-section (2), the following shall be inserted--
- Provided that nothing contained in this act shall apply to the Renoncants of the Union territory of Pondicherry.-- Vide Act 26 of 1968.)
- The Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I and to the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and Sch.