Section 1:
Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be called the Foreigners Act, 1946.
(2) It extends to the whole of 1
[India]
2***.
Notes:
1. This Act has been extended to
Goa, Daman and Diu with modifications by Reg. 12 of 1962, s. 3 and Sch. Pondicherry with modifications vide
notification No. G.S.R. 1557, dated 24-11-1962, Gazette of India, Part II, Sec. 3 (i), p. 1886, and brought into
force in Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I, Lakshadweep, Minicoy and Amindivi
Island vide Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-10-1967), the State of Sikkim vide Notification No. G.S.R.
41 (E), dated 27-1-1976 (w.e.f. 1-2-1976).
2. The words "except the State of Hyderabad", ins. by the A.O. 1950, omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch.