Section 1:
Title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Charitable Endowments
Act, 1890.
(2) It extends to the whole of India, 1***, 2***; and
(3) It shall come into force on the first day of October, 1890.
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).
2. The words "inclusive of British Baluchistan" omitted by the A.O. 1948.