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1. Short title and extent

  1. This Act may be called the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937.
  2. It extends to 3[the whole of India 4[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]] 5[***] 6

3. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for the words "all the Provinces of India".
4. Substituted by the Miscellaneous Personal Laws, (Extension) Act, 1959, w.e.f. 1st. February, 1960.
5. The words "excluding the North-West Frontier Province" omitted by the Indian Independence (Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances) Order, 1948.
1. In its application to Pondicherry, in section 1, after sub-section (2), the following shall be inserted-
2. Provided that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the Union territory of Pondicherry."-(Vide Act 26 of 1968).
6. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.3) Order, 1956, for the words "a Part A State or a Part C State".