1Short title and extent.
Section 1 · Preliminary · page 5 of the Act
(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***, and applies also to Hindus domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are outside the said territories.
Note: footnote 1 on page 5 belongs to the Act number line (ACT NO. 25 OF 1955), the territories the Act has been extended to.
The Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Schedule I and to Pondicherry (w.e.f 1-10-1963) with modifications by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and the Schedule I.
2 The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and Sch. V (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).