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Came into force in the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir on 1st April, 1951, vide S.R.O. 364, dated the 9th March, 1951, see Gazette of India Part II, s. 3, in the State of Jammu and Kashmir on 15th July, 1954, vide S.R.O., 2251, dated the 1st July, 1954, see Gazette of India, Part II, s. 3, in Dadra and Nagar Haveli on 1st September, 1965, vide S.O. 2523, dated the 7th August, 1965, see Gazette of India, Part II, s. 3(ii). This Act has been extended to the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, vide S.O. 2735, dated 1st September, 1962, see Gazette of India Part II, s. 3(ii) (w.e.f. 1-9-1962); Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and the Schedule I (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) and the Union territory of Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and Schedule. *. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.