Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — section 1

1. Short title..—This Act may be called the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. Commencement. It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1882. 2 [* * * * * * *] Extent. 3[ 2[This] Act or any Part thereof may by notification in the official Gazette be extended to the whole or any part of 2[a Province] 4[by the Provincial Government]]. 5 [And any 6[Provincial Government] may, 7[* * *] from time to time, by notification in the 6 [official Gazette], exempt either retrospectively or prospectively, any part of the territories administered by such 5[Provincial Government] from all or any of the following provisions, namely: Sections 54, paragraphs 2 and 3, 59, 107 and 123.] 1 This Act has been extended with effect from 1st January, 1915, to the Province of Sindh, see Bom. R. & O. Ss. 54, 107 and 123 have been extended from 6th May, 1935, to all Municipalities in the Punjab and all notified areas declared and notified under s. 241 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, see Punjab Gazette Extraordinary, 1925, p. 27. S. 54, paras, 2 and 3, and ss. 59, 107 and 123 extend to every cantonment in the Provinces, etc., see s. 287 of the Cantonments Act. 1924 (Act No. II of 1924). It has been rep. as to Crown Grants by the Crown Grants Act, 1895 (Act No. XV of 1895), and amended in Sind by Sind Act No. XIV of 1939, s.2. This Act shall be deemed to have been amended in its application to the Province of Sind, see Sind Act No. XIV of 1939. The Act has been extended, in respect of non-agricultural lands, to Baluchistan States Union and the Khairpur State by G.G.Os. 4 and 5 of 1953, as amended respectively. The Act has been and shall be deemed to have been brought into force in Gwadur with effect from the 8th Septemter, 1958, by the Gwadur (Application of Central Laws) Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No. XXXVII of 1960), s. 2. The Act, as in force in the North-West Frontier Province immediately before the commencement of N.W.F.P. Regulation No. 2 of 1974, has been applied to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas of Chitral, Dir, Kalam, Swat and Malakand protected Area, by N.W.F.P. Regulation, No. 2 of 1974, s. 3. 2 Omitted and subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (President’s Order No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Sch. 3 Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No. XXI of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. 4 Subs. by A. O., 1964, Art. 2 and Sch. 5 Subs. by Act No. III of 1885, s. 1. 6 Subs. by A. O., 1937. 7 Rep. by the Devolution Act, 1920 (Act No. XXXVIII of 1920), s. 2 and Sch. 1. 1 [Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing part of this section, sections 54, paragraphs 2 and 3, 59, 107 and 123 shall not extend or be extended to any district or tract of country for the time being excluded from the operation of the Registration Act, 2[1908(XVI of 1908)], under the power conferred by the first section of that Act or otherwise.]