Transfer of Evacuee Deposits Act : Short title, extent and commencement. Indian Bare Acts :

Transfer of Evacuee Deposits Act,1954

Act No : 15

Section : Short title, extent and commencement.

THE TRANSFER OF EVACUEE DEPOSITS ACT, 1954 ACT NO. 15 OF 1954 [26th March, 1954.] An Act to provide, in pursuance of an agreement with Pakistan, for the transfer to that country of certain deposits belonging to evacuees, the reception in India of similar deposits belonging to displaced persons, and matters connected therewith. WHEREAS an agreement has been arrived at with Pakistan for the transfer to that country of certain deposits belonging to evacuees, the reception in India of similar deposits belonging to displaced persons, and matters connected therewith; BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:-- 1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Transfer of Evacuee Deposits Act, 1954. (2) It extends to the whole of India, except 1*[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in] the States of Assam, West Bengal, Tripura, Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of February, 1954.