Short title. Extent of Act.

Short title.—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. 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]