Section 1:
Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be called the 1[Inland Vessels] Act,
1917.
2[(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*:
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Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "Inland Steam-vessels" (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
2. Subs. by Act 26 of 1951, s. 2, for sub-sections (2) and (3).
3. The proviso omitted by Act 35 of 2007, s. 2 (w.e.f. 21-2-2008).
*.Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory
of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.