Section 3 — Rule of construction respecting enactments not extending to the State of Jammu and Kashmir or Sikkim

Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in * the State of *** Sikkim shall, in relation to that State, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that State.

STATE AMENDMENT

Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

Section 3.-- Omit "Jammu and Kashmir or".

[Vide Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, Notification No. S.O. 1123(E), dated (18-3-2020) and vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification No. S.O. 3774(E), dated (23-10-2020).]