Section 1:
Short title.
This Act may be called the Indian Trusts Act, 1882:
Commencement.-- and it shall come into force on the first day of March, 1882.
Local extent.-- 1[It extends to 2[the whole of India 3*** and] the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands 4***; but the Central Government may, from time to time, by notification in the
Official Gazette, extend it to 5[the, Andaman and Nicobar Islands] or to any part thereof.]
Savings.-- But nothing herein contained affects the rules of Muhammadan law as to waqf, or the
mutual relations of the members of an undivided family as determined by any customary or personal
law, or applies to public or private religious or charitable endowments, or to trusts to distribute
prizes taken in war among the captors; and nothing in the second Chapter of this Act applies to
trusts created before the said day.
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for the first sentence.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for all the Provinces of India, except.
3. 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).
4. The words "and Panth Piploda" omitted by the A.O. 1950.
5. Subs., ibid., for either or both of the said provinces.