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For statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1923, Pt. V, p. 249 an for Report of Joint Committee, see ibid., p. 15. This Act has been extended to Berar by Act 4 of 1941; to Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 12 of 1962, S. 3 and Sch.; to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, S. 2 and Sch. I; to Loccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965, S. 3 and Sch. and to Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, S. 3 and Sch.