Act Number: 34

Act Name: The Enemy Property Act, 1968

Year: 1968

Enactment Date: 1968-08-20

Long Title: An Act to provide for the continued vesting of enemy property vested in the Custodian of Enemy Property for India under the Defence of India Rules, 1962 and the Defence of India Rules, 1971, and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 1: Short title, extent, application and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Enemy Property Act, 1968.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India 1*** and it applies also to all citizens of India outside India and to branches and agencies outside India of companies or bodies corporate registered or incorporated in India.
     (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 10th day of July, 1968.
Notes:
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
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