Section 1:
Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act,
1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1*** and applies also to Hindus domiciled in the territories to
which this Act extends who are outside the said territories.
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).