Section 1 — Title and extent

This Act may be called the Pensions Act, 1871.

Extent of Act.-- [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 [the whole of India except [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States]].

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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]