THE UNION TERRITORIES (LAWS) ACT 1950 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Power to extend enactments to certain Union territories. 
3.  Extension of laws to Tripura, Vindhya Pradesh and Manipur. 
4.  Repeals and Savings. 
THE SCHEDULE. 

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THE UNION TERRITORIES (LAWS) ACT 1950 
ACT NO. 30 OF 1950 

An Act to provide for the extension of laws to certain 1[Union territories.] 

BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:— 
1.  Short  title  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  1[Union  Territories]  (Laws)            

[15th April, 1950.] 

Act, 1950. 

(2) It shall come into force on the 16th day of April, 1950. 
2.  Power  to  extend  enactments  to  certain  Union  territories.—The Central Government  may, by 
notification in the Official Gazette, extend to 2[the Union territory of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur 
or Tripura or to any part of such territory], with such restrictions and modifications as it thinks fit, any 
enactment which is in force in a 3[State] at the date of the notification, 4* * *. 

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 (59 of 1949), are hereby extended to, 
and shall be in force in, the States of Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh, as they are generally in force in the 
territories to which they extend immediately before the commencement of this Act. 

(2) 5[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 (45 of 1860) 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, and 
(b)  in  section  375,  for  the  word  “sixteen”  in  clause  Fifthly  the  word  “fourteen”  had  been 

substituted, and for the word “fifteen” in the Exception the word “thirteen” had been substituted. 
6[(2A)  The  Acts  specified  in  Part  A  of  the  Schedule  to  this  Act  shall  not  extend  to  the  State  of 
Manipur,  and the  Acts  specified in  Part  B  thereof shall  extend  to, and  be  in force in that  State  only  as 
from the date of commencement of the Union Territories (Laws) Amendment Act, 1956 (68 of 1956), and 
shall with effect from that date, be amended to the manner and to the extent specified in the said Part.] 

(3)  For  the  purpose  of  facilities  the  application  in  the  said  States  of  any  such  Act  or  Ordinance  as 
aforeaid  any  Court  or  other  authority  may  construe  the  Act  or  Ordinance  with  such  alterations  not 
affecting the substance as may be necessary or proper to adapt it to the matter before the Court or other 
authority. 

6[Explanation.—For the purposes of this section and section 4, any reference to the State of Manipur 
or Tripura in relation to any period after the 31st October, 1956, shall be construed as a reference to the 
Union territory of Manipur or Tripura as the case may be]. 

4. Repeals and Savings.—Section 7 of the Delhi Laws Act, 1912 (13 of 1912), the Ajmer Merwara 
(Extension  of  Laws)  Act, 1947  (52  of  1947),  and  any  law  which  immediately 7[before  the  coming  into 
force of any Act or Ordinance extended by this Act to any of the States of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya 
Pradesh  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 

1. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for “Part C States”. 
2. Subs. ibid., for certain words. 
3. Subs., ibid., for “Part A State”. 
4. Certain words, brackets and letters, omitted by Act 48 of 1952, s. 3 and the Second Schedule. 
5. Subs. by Act 68 of 1956, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-1-1957). 
6. Ins. by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-1-1957). 
7. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 1-1-1957). 

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(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 proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any 
such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if this Act had not been passed: 

Provided further that, subject to the preceding proviso, anything done or any action taken, including 
any appointment or delegation made, notification, order, instruction or direction issued, rule, regulation, 
form,  bye-law  or  scheme  framed,  certificate,  patent,  permit  or  licence  granted  or  registration  effected, 
under such law shall be deemed to have been done or taken under section 2 or, as the case may be, under 
the  corresponding  provision  of the  Act  or  Ordinance 1[as extended]  to  the  State by  section  3, and  shall 
continue in force accordingly, unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under the 
said section 2 or, as the case may be, under the said Act or Ordinance. 

1. Subs. by Act 68 of 1956, s. 3, for “as now extended” (w.e.f. 1-1-1957). 

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1THE SCHEDULE 

[See section 3 (2A)] 

Part A 

Acts not extended to Manipur by this Act 

Short Title 

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The Converts’ Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866 

The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 

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Year 

1 

1866 

1872 

Number 

2 

XXI 

XV 
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1879 

XVIII 

The Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 

Acts extended to Manipur by this Act as from the commencement of the Union Territories’ (Laws) 
Amendment Act, 1956. 

Part B 

Year  Number 

Short Title 

Amendment (if any)  

1 

1873 

2 

X 

3 

4 

The Indian Oaths Act, 1873 

In section 1, for the second paragraph, the following paragraph 
shall be substituted, namely:—“It extends to the whole of India 
except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.” 

1882 

IV 

The  Transfer  of  Property  Act, 
1882. 

1887 

1898 

VII 

The Suits Valuation Act, 1887. 

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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 
1898. 

(1)  In  section  1,  in  sub-section  (2),  the  words  “and  the  Union 
territory of Manipur” shall be omitted, and  

(2) in section 93A, in sub-section (1), the words “or in the Union 
territory of Manipur” shall be omitted. 

1908 

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The  Code  of  Civil  Procedure, 
1908. 

In  section  1,  in  sub-section  (3)  the  word  “and”  at  the  end  of  
clauses (c) and clause (d) shall be omitted. 

1925  XXXIX  The Indian Succession Act, 1925. 

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1. Subs. by Act 68 of 1956, s. 4, for the original Schedule. 
2. Entry relating to the Married Women’s Property Act, 1874 (3 of 1874) omitted by Act 61 of 1959, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-3-1960). 
*. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu 

and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. 

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