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(1) This Act may be called the '[Tamil Nadu] sllert titlr and I Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act, 1947- extent. ted for the word " Madras by Laws Order, 1969, as amended by Laws (Second Amendment) Order, and Reasons, see Fort St. George 1947, Part IV-A, page 131. This Act was extended to the merged State of Pudukkottai by section 3 of, and the First Schedule to, the Tamil Nadu Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXV of 1949). This Act was extended to the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district by section 3 of,and the Schedule to, the Tamil Nadu (Transferred Territory) Extansion of Laws Act, 1957 (Tam11 Nadu Act XXII of 1957). substituted for the &pression "Province 1 Nadu Adaptation pf Laws OrQr, 1970, come into forco bn the 14th January t _ I