Indian Trusts Act : Short title. Commencement Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Trusts Act,1882

Act No : 2

Section : Short title. Commencement

1. Short title. Commencement.-This Act may be called the IndianTrusts Act, 1882: and it shall come into force on the first day ofMarch, 1882.Local extent. Savings. Local extent, Savings.-2*[It extends to 3*[the whole of India4*[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir] and] the Andaman and NicobarIslands 5***; but the Central Government may, from time to time, bynotification in the Official Gazette, extend it to 6*[the Andaman andNicobar Islands] or to any part thereof.] But nothing herein containedaffects the rules of Muhammadan law as to waqf, or the mutualrelations of the members of an undivided family as determined by anycustomary or personal law, or applies to public or private religiousor charitable endowments, or to trusts to distribute prizes taken inwar among the captors; and nothing in the Second Chapter of this Actapplies to trusts created before the said day.