1Short title, extent, duration and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932.

¹[(2) It extends to the whole of India except ²[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States].]

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(4) The whole of the Act except ⁴*** section 7 shall come into force at once, and the State Government may, by notification⁵ in the Official Gazette direct that ⁶** * section 7 shall come into force in any area on such date as may be specified in the notification.

STATE AMENDMENTS

Karnataka

Amendment of Central Act 23 of 1932.--In the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 (Central Act 23 of 1932), in sub-section (2) of section 1 after the words and letters “Part B States”, the following words, brackets, letters and figures shall be added, namely:--

"other than the territories specified in clause (a) and clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956)."

Vide Karnataka Act 29 of 1975, s. 3].

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1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for the sub-section (2).

2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".

3. Sub-section (3) limiting the duration of the Act to three years from commencement, rep. by Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935, s. 2.

4. The words and figure "section 4 and" omitted. by s. 4, ibid

5. S. 7 was brought into force in

Former Province of Bihar and Orissa, from 26th December, 1932: see B. & O. Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 26th December, 1932;

The Delhi Province, from 24th December, 1932: see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1932, p. 429;

The City of Bombay, the Bombay Suburban district and the districts of Kaira, Ahmednagar, East Khandesh, West Khandesh, Ratnagiri and Kanara, from 29th December, 1932: see Bombay Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 27th December, 1932;

Amritsar district, from 31st December, 1932: see Punjab Gazette, Extraordinary, 1932, p. 163;

The districts of Cachar, Goalpara, Kamrup, Darrang, Nowgong, Sibsagar and Lakhimpur, from 7th January, 1933:

see Assam Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 7th January, 1933;

Ajmer-Merwara, from 30th September, 1933: see Gazette of India, 1933, Pt. II-A, p. 716.

6. The words and figure "section 4 or" omitted by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935, s. 4.

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