Religious Societies Act : Short title Indian Bare Acts :

Religious Societies Act,1880

Act No : 1

Section : Short title

1. Short title.-This Act may be called the Religious SocietiesAct, 1880.Local extent. Local extent.-It 1*** shall extend to the whole of India except2*[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956,were comprised in Part B States], but nothing herein contained shall apply to any Hindus,Muhammadans or Buddhists, or to any persons whom the State Governmentmay from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette,exclude from the operation of this Act.