S.1 Short title and commencement

       (1) This Act may be called The1[Union Territories] (Laws) Act, 1950.
       (2) It shall come into force on the 16th day of April, 1950.
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       1. Substituted for the words "Part C States" by 2 A.L.O., 1956.[w.e.f. 1-11-1956].

S.2 Power to extend enactments to certain Union territories

       The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend to1[the Union territory of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh]2; Manipurd2[or Tripura2or to any part of such territory], with such restrictions and modifications as it thinks fit, any enactment which is in force in a3[State] at the date of the notification,4[* * *].
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       1. Substituted for the words "any Part C State (other than Coorg and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands) or to any part of such State" by 2 A.L.O., 1956 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
       2. H. P., Manipur and Tripura are States now
       3. Substituted for the words "Part A State" by 2 A.L.O., 1956 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
       4. The words "and, provision may be made in any enactment

S.3 Extension of laws to Tripura, Vindhya Pradesh and Manipur

       (1) The Acts and Ordinances specified in the Schedule to the Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949, are hereby extended to,and hall be in force in, the States of Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh, as they are generally in force in theterritories to which they extend immediately before the commencement of this Act.
       (2)1[Subject to the provisions contained in sub-section (2A), the Acts and ordinances referred to in sub-section (1)], are hereby extended to, and shall be in force in, the State of Manipur as they are generally in force in the territories to which they extend immediately before the commencement of this Act.
       Provided that the Indian Penal Code in its application to the State of Manipur shall have effect as if-
       (a) in section 361, for the word "eighteen" the word "fifteen" had been substituted, an

S.4 Repeals and Savings

       Section 7 of the Delhi Laws Act, 1912, the Ajmer Merwara (Extension of Laws) Act, 1947, and any law which immediately 1 [before the coming into force of any Act or Ordinance extended by this Act to any of the States of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya Fradesh is in force in that State and corresponds to the Act or Ordinance as so extended], are hereby repealed :
       Provided that the repeal shall not affect-
       (a) the previous operations of any such law, or
       (b) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any such law; or
       (c) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment,
       and any such investigation, legal proceedi

Sch.1 SCHEDULE

       THE SCHEDULE1
       [Section 3 (2A)]
       PART A
       Acts not extended to Manipur by this Act
       Year 1 Number 2 Short Title 3
       1866
       1872
       2 [*
       1879 XXI
       XV
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       XVIII The Converts1 Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866
       The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
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       The Legal Practitioners Act, 1879
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