Section 1 — Short title, extent, duration and commencement .

(1) This Act may be called the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932. (2) It extends to the whole of India except 4[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States.] [Omitted]

(4) The whole of the Act except [Omitted] section 7 shall come into force at once, and the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette direct that [Omitted] section 7 shall come into force in any area on such date as may be specified in the notification.

STATE AMENDMENTS Karnataka Amendment of Central Act 23 of 1932.—In the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 (Central Act 23 of 1932), in sub-section (2) of section 1 after the words and letters “Part B States”, the following words, brackets, letters and figures shall be added, namely:— “other than the territories specified in clause (a) and clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956).” [Vide Karnataka Act 29 of 1975, s. 3].