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Section 1
The Pensions Act, 1871

Section 1. Title and extent

This Act may be called the 1Pensions Act, 1871.

Extent of Act.-- 2[In so far as it relates to Union pensions, it extends to the whole of India and in so far as it relates to other pensions, it extends] to 3[the whole of India except 4[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States]].

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STATE AMENDMENT

Karnataka

In section 1, for the entry under the heading “Extent of Act”, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:-

“It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka.”

[Vide Karnataka Act 23 of 1979, s. 4]

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.