1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Specific Relief Act, 1963.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1[***].
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Amendment notes
- The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and 96 and Sch. V (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
- 1st March, 1964, vide notifn. No. S.O. 189, dated 13th January, 1964, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
Text of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (Act No. 47 of 1963), as amended up to the Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018. Source: India Code, Government of India.
This section gives the Act its name, the Specific Relief Act, 1963. Under sub-section (2), the Act extends to the whole of India. A 2019 amendment, effective 31 October 2019, omitted the earlier words excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Under sub-section (3), the Act came into force on a date the Central Government appointed by notification in the Official Gazette. The notes record that date as 1 March 1964.
