LawgistThe Hindu Disposition of Property Act
5Application of this Act to the Khoja community
Where the 1[State Government] is of opinion that the Khoja community in 2[the State] or any part thereof desire that the provisions of this Act should be extended to such community 3[it] may by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that the provisions of this Act, with the substitution of the word "Khojas" or "Khoja", as the case may be, for the word "Hindus" or "Hindu" wherever those words occur, shall apply to that community in such area as may be specified in the notification, and this Act shall thereupon have effect accordingly.
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1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "G.G. in C"..
2. Subs., ibid., for "British India".
3. Subs., ibid., for "he".
