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[theterritories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States]].
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6* * * * * 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]