Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Police (Incitement to
Disaffection) Act, 1922
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].]
(3) It shall come into force in any State or part of a State on such date3 as the State Government may,
by notification in the Official Gazette, direct.
Notes:
1.Subs. by the A.O. 1950.
2. Subs. by the Adaption of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956 for Part B States.
3. This Act came into force in Assam from 25th January, 1923, see Assam Gazette, 1923, Pt. II, p. 113; in the Punjab from
13th March, 1930, see Punjab Gazette, 1930, Pt. I, p. 342; in B. & O. (including the Sonthal Parganas) from 15th May,
1930, see B. & O. Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 13th May, 1930, and in the Bombay Presidency from 5th June,
1930, see Bom. Gazette, 1930; Pt. I p. 1394. The Act has also been declared to be in force in the Khondmals District by the
Khondmals Laws Regulation, 1936 (4 of 1936), s 3 and Sch and in the Angul District by the Angul Laws Regulation, 1936
(5 of 1936), s. 3 and Sch.
Extended to Shahda, Nandurbar and Taloda Talukas of the West Khandesh District; the Dohad Taluka and the Jhalod
Mahal of the Panch Mahal District of the State of Bombay by Schedule II of Act 20 of 1954.