Section 1:
Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance
Act, 1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
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).