Section 1:
Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be called 3[the Armed Forces (Special Powers)
Act, 1958.]
4[(2) It extends to the whole of the States of 1[2[Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.]]]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 34 of 1986, s. 40, for "Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura and the Union territories of Arunachal Pradesh and
Mizoram" (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
2. Subs. by Act 69 of 1986, s. 43, for "Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura and the Union territory
of Arunachal Pradesh" (w.e.f. 20-2-1987).
3. Subs. by Act 7 of 1972, s. 3, for "the Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Act, 1958" (w.e.f. 5-4-1972).
4. Subs. by s. 3,ibid., for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 5-4-1972).