Section 1:
Short title, extent, duration and commencement .
(1) This Act may be called the Criminal Law
Amendment Act, 1932.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India except 2[the territories which, immediately before the 1st
November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States].]
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(4) The whole of the Act except 4*** section 7 shall come into force at once, and the State
Government may, by notification5 in the Official Gazette direct that 6** * section 7 shall come into force
in any area on such date as may be specified in the notification. STATE AMENDMENTS
Karnataka
Amendment of Central Act 23 of 1932.--In the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 (Central Act
23 of 1932), in sub-section (2) of section 1 after the words and letters "Part B States", the following
words, brackets, letters and figures shall be added, namely:--
"other than the territories specified in clause (a) and clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the
States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956)."
Vide Karnataka Act 29 of 1975, s. 3].
Maharashtra.--
Extension of Act XXIII of 1932 as Amended to Hyderabad and Saurashtra areas of
Bombay State.--The principal Act of 1932, as amended by this Act, is hereby extended to,
and shall in virtue of such extension be in force in, the Hyderabad and Saurashtra area of the
Bombay State.
[Vide Maharashtra Act XXIV of 1959, s. 9]
Maharashtra.--
Amendment of section 1 of Act XXIII of 1932.--In the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932, in its
application to the State of Bombay, in section 1,--
(1) in sub-section (2), after the words and letter "comprised in Part B States" the words", other
than the Hyderabad and Saurashtra area of the State of Bombay" shall be inserted;
(2) to sub-section (4), the following proviso shall be added, namely:--
"Provided that in the Hyderabad ad and Saurashtra area of the state of Bombay this Act except
section 7 shall come into force on the date of the commencement of the criminal law Amendment
(Bombay Amendment and extension) Act, 1959 (XXIV of 1959)."
[Vide Bombay Act XXIV of 1959, s. 10]
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for the sub-section (2).
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".
3. Sub-section (3) limiting the duration of the Act to three years from commencement, rep. by Criminal Law Amendment Act,
1935, s. 2.
4. The words and figure "section 4 and" omitted. by s. 4, ibid
5. S. 7 was brought into force in
Former Province of Bihar and Orissa, from 26th December, 1932: see B. & O. Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 26th
December, 1932;
The Delhi Province, from 24th December, 1932: see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1932, p. 429;
The City of Bombay, the Bombay Suburban district and the districts of Kaira, Ahmednagar, East Khandesh, West
Khandesh, Ratnagiri and Kanara, from 29th December, 1932: see Bombay Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 27th
December, 1932;
Amritsar district, from 31st December, 1932: see Punjab Gazette, Extraordinary, 1932, p. 163;
The districts of Cachar, Goalpara, Kamrup, Darrang, Nowgong, Sibsagar and Lakhimpur, from 7th January, 1933:
see Assam Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 7th January, 1933;
Ajmer-Merwara, from 30th September, 1933: see Gazette of India, 1933, Pt. II-A, p. 716.
6. The words and figure "section 4 or" omitted by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935, s. 4.