THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS (OATHS AND FEES) (EXTENSION TO 
JAMMU AND KASHMIR) ACT, 1973
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS
1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Extension of Act 41 of 1948.


THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS (OATHS AND FEES) (EXTENSION TO 
JAMMU AND KASHMIR) ACT, 1973 

ACT NO. 2 OF 1973 

[13th March, 1973.] 

An Act to provide for the extension of the Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) 
Act, 1948 to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1.  Short  title  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Diplomatic  and  Consular 
Officers (Oaths and Fees) (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1973. 

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Extension of Act 41 of 1948.—The Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act, 1948 
(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) is hereby extended to, and shall come into force in, and in 
relation to, the State of Jammu and Kashmir and accordingly,—

(a) the provisions of the principal Act and the rules made thereunder shall apply to and in relation 
to the State of Jammu and Kashmir as they apply to and in relation to any other State;

(b) clause (d) of section 2 of the principal Act shall be omitted.

3. [Amendment of section 8.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1978 (38 of 1978), s. 2 and 
the First Schedule (w.e.f. 26-11-1978).