THE PONDICHERRY (EXTENSION OF LAWS) ACT, 1968

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THE PONDICHERRY (EXTENSION OF LAWS) ACT, 1968 

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

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SECTIONS 
1. Short title. 

2. Definitions. 

3. Extension with amendments of certain laws to Pondicherry and their commencement therein. 

4. Repeal and saving. 

5. Extension of rules, orders, etc., under certain laws. 

6. Rules of construction. 

7. Power to remove difficulties. 

THE SCHEDULE. 

 

  



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THE PONDICHERRY (EXTENSION OF LAWS) ACT, 1968 

ACT NO. 26 OF 1968 

[24th May, 1968.] 

An Act to extend certain Central Acts to the Union territory of Pondicherry. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

 1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act, 1968. 

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “Act” means an Act or the Ordinance specified in the Schedule; 

(b) “Administrator” means the administrator of Pondicherry appointed by the President under 

article 239 of the Constitution; 

(c) “Pondicherry” means the Union territory of Pondicherry. 

3. Extension with amendments of certain laws to Pondicherry and their commencement 

therein.—(1) The Acts specified in Part I of the Schedule as they are generally in force in the territories 

to which they extend and the Acts specified in Part II of the Schedule as they were in force on the 1st day 

of August, 1966, in the State or Union territory mentioned there against shall extend to Pondicherry, 

subject to the modifications, if any, specified in the Schedule. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), or in the relevant provision, if any, of each 

such Act for the commencement thereof, the provisions of each such Act shall come into force in 

Pondicherry on such date as the Administrator may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: 

Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of any Act and any reference 

in any such provision to the commencement of the Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming 

into force of that provision. 

4. Repeal and saving.—(1) Any law in force in Pondicherry or any area thereof corresponding to any 

Act referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3 or any part thereof (except in so far as such law continues to 

be applicable to Renoncants) shall stand repealed as from the coming into force of such Act in 

Pondicherry. 

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall effect— 

(a) the previous operation of any law so repealed or anything duly done or suffered thereunder; or 

(b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any law so 

repealed; or 

(c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against 

any law so repealed; or 

(d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, 

obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid, 

and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any 

such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if this Act has not been passed: 

Provided that anything done or any action taken (including any appointment or delegation made, 

notification, instruction or direction issued, form, bye-law or scheme framed, certificate obtained, permit 

or licene granted, or registration effected) under any such law, shall be deemed to have been done or 

taken under the corresponding provision of the Act extended to Pondicherry by this Act and shall 

continue to be in force accordingly unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken 

under the said Act. 

  



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5. Extension of rules, orders, etc., under certain laws.—All rules, notifications, orders, regulations 

and bye-laws made or issued by the Central Government under the provisions of any Act generally for the 

territories to which such Act extends shall, as from the commencement of the provisions of such Act in 

Pondicherry, extend to, and come into force in, Pondicherry. 

6. Rules of construction.—(1) In any Act or in any of the rules, notifications, orders, regulations and 

bye-laws made or issued thereunder and extended to Pondicherry by this Act,— 

(a) any reference to any provision of law not in force, or to any functionary not in existence, in 

Pondicherry shall be construed as a reference to the corresponding law in force, or to the 

corresponding functionary in existence, in that Union territory: 

Provided that— 

(i) if any question arises as to who such corresponding functionary is, or 

(ii) if there is no such corresponding functionary, the Administrator shall decide as to who 

such functionary will be and his decision shall be final; 

(b) any reference to the State Government shall be construed as a reference to the Central 

Government and also as including a reference to the Administrator. 

(2) For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to Pondicherry of any Act or any rule, 

notification, order, regulation or bye-law made or issued thereunder, any court or other authority may 

construe it in such manner, not affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper to adapt it to the 

matter before the court or other authority. 

7. Power to remove difficulties.—If any difficulty arises in giving effect in Pondicherry to the 

provisions of any Act extended by this Act to Pondicherry, the Central Government may, as occasion may 

require, by order, make such provisions or give such directions not inconsistent with the provisions of 

such Act as appear to it to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty and any such order may 

provide for the transfer of any matter pending before any court, tribunal or other authority immediately 

before the commencement of such Act in Pondicherry to any corresponding court, tribunal or authority 

for disposal: 

Provided that no such order shall be made under this section in respect of any Act after the expiration 

of two years from the date on which such Act comes into force in Pondicherry and in respect of an Act, 

the provisions of which are brought into force in Pondicherry on different dates, the period of two years 

shall be reckoned with reference to the commencement of the relevant provision as specified in the 

proviso to sub-section (2) of section 3. 

THE SCHEDULE 

[See section 3(1)] 

PART I 

Year No. Short title Modifications 

1 2 3 4 

1839 32 The Interest Act, 1839.   

1850 12 The Public Accountants‟ Default Act, 

1850. 

  

1850 18 The Judicial Officers Protection Act, 1850.   

1850 21 The Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850.   

1851 8 The Indian Tolls Act, 1851.   

  



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Year No. Short title Modifications 

1 2 3 4 

1855 12 The Legal Representatives‟ Suits  

Act, 1855. 

  

1855 13 The Indian Fatal Accidents Act, 1855.   

1856 9 The Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856.   

1856 12 The Civil Courts Amins Act, 1856.   

1859 9 The Forfeiture Act, 1859.   

1863 23 The Waste Lands (Claims) Act, 1863.   

1864 15 The Indian Tolls Act, 1864.   

1865 3 The Carriers Act, 1865.   

1866 21 The Converts‟ Marriage Dissolution  

Act, 1866. 

After section 1, insert:— 

“2. Nothing contained in this Act shall 

apply to saving the Renoncants of the 

Union territory of Pondicherry.”. 

1872 9 The Indian Contract Act, 1872.   

1872 15 The Indian Christian Marriage  

Act, 1872. 

In section 1, at the end, insert:— 

“Provided that nothing contained in this 

Act shall apply to the Renoncants of 

the Union territory of Pondicherry.”. 

1873 10 The Indian Oaths Act, 1873.   

1875 9 The Indian Majority Act, 1875. In section 1, at the end insert:— 

“Provided that nothing contained in this 

Act shall apply to the Renoncants of 

the Union territory of Pondicherry.”. 

1880 1 The Religious Societies Act, 1880.   

1880 12 The Kazis Act, 1880.   

1880 13 The Vaccination Act, 1880.   

1882 4 The Transfer of Property Act, 1882.   

1882 5 The Indian Easements Act, 1882.   

1882 7 The Powers-of-Attorney Act, 1882.   

1887 7 The Suits Valuation Act, 1887.   

1887 9 The Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 

1887. 

  

1890 1 The Revenue Recovery Act, 1890.   

  



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Year No. Short title Modifications 

1 2 3 4 

1890 8 The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890. In section 1, after sub-section (2), insert:— 

“Provided that nothing contained in this 

Act shall apply to the Renoncants of 

the Union territory of Pondicherry.”  

1891 18 The Bankers‟ Books Evidence Act, 1891.   

1893 4 The Partition Act, 1893.   

1894 9 The Prisons Act, 1894.   

1897 3 The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.   

1899 4 The Government Buildings Act, 1899.   

1900 3 The Prisoners Act, 1900.   

1908 16 The Indian Registration Act, 1908.   

1914 9 The Local Authorities Loans Act, 1914.   

1916 15 The Hindu Disposition of Property  

Act, 1916. 

In section 1, after sub-section (2), insert:— 

“Provided that nothing contained in this 

Act shall apply to the Renoncants of 

the Union territory of Pondicherry.”. 

1917 5 The Destruction of Records Act, 1917.   

1918 10 The Usurious Loans Act, 1918.   

1919 12 The Poisons Act, 1919.   

1920 5 The Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920.   

1920 10 The Indian Securities Act, 1920.   

1920 15 The indian Red Cross Society Act, 1920.   

1920 33 The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920.   

1921 18 The Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, 

1921. 

  

1922 7 The Emigration Act, 1922.   

1922 22 The Police(incitement to Disaffection)Act, 

1922. 

  

1923 5 The Indian Boilers Act, 1923.   

1928 12 The Hindu Inheritance (Removal of 

Disabilities) Act, 1928. 

In section 1, in sub-section (3), add at the 

end:— 

“or to the Renoncants of the Union 

territory of Pondicherry.”. 

  



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Year No. Short title Modifications 

1 2 3 4 

1929 19 The Child Marriage Restraint  

Act, 1929. 

In section 1, after sub-section (2), insert:— 

“Provided that nothing contained in this 

Act shall apply to the Renoncants of 

the Union territory of Pondicherry.”. 

1930 3 The Sale of Goods Act, 1930.   

1930 30 The Hindu Gains of Learning Act, 1930.   

1936 3 The Parsi Marriage and Divorce  

Act, 1936. 

In section 1, in sub-section (2), after the 

proviso, insert:— 

“Provided further that nothing contained 

in this Act shall apply to the 

Renoncants of the Union territory of 

Pondicherry.”. 

1937 26 The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat), 

Application Act, 1937. 

In section 1, after sub-section (2), insert: 

“Provided that nothing contained in this 

Act shall apply to the Renoncants of 

the Union territory of Pondicherry.”. 

1939 8 The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages 

Act, 1939. 

In section 1, after sub-section (2), insert:— 

“Provided that nothing contained in this 

Act shall apply to the Renoncants of 

the Union territory of Pondicherry.”. 

1939 30 The Commercial Documents Evidence 

Act, 1939. 

  

1940 10 The Arbitration Act, 1940.   

1943 9 The Reciprocity Act, 1943.   

1944 38 The Criminal Law Amendment 

Ordinance, 1944. 

  

1945 ... The International Monetary Fund and 

Bank Act,1945. 

  

1947 43 The United Nations(Security Council) 

Act, 1947. 

  

1947 46 The United Nations (Privileges and 

Immunities) Act, 1947. 

  

1948 41 The Diplomatic and Consular Officers 

(Oaths and Fees) Act, 1948. 

  

1950 29 The Transfer of Prisoners Act, 1950.   

  



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Year No. Short title Modifications 

1 2 3 4 

1950 64 The Road Transport Corporations  

Act, 1950. 

 

1950 74 The Telegraph Wires (Unlawful 

Possession) Act, 1950. 

  

1951 50 The Tariff Commission Act, 1951.   

1951 54 The Companies (Donations to National 

Funds) Act, 1951. 

  

1951 61 The All-India Services Act, 1951.   

1952 35 The Mines Act, 1952.   

1952 53 The Notaries Act, 1952.   

1954 29 The Wakf Act, 1954.   

1955 32 The Prisoners (Attendance in Courts)  

Act, 1955. 

  

1955 42 The Prize Competitions Act, 1955.   

1955 45 The Working Journalists (Conditions of 

Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions  

Act, 1955. 

  

1956 3 The University Grants Commission  

Act, 1956. 

  

1956 31 The Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956.   

1956 32 The Hindu Minority and Guardianship  

Act, 1 956. 

In section 3, after sub-section (2), insert:— 

“(2A) Notwithstanding anything contained in 

sub-section (1), nothing contained in this 

Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the 

Union territory of Pondicherry.”. 

1956 42 The Securities Contracts (Regulation)  

Act, 1956. 

  

1956 78 The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance 

Act, 1956. 

In section 2, after sub-section (2), insert:— 

“(2A) Notwithstanding anything contained 

in sub-section (1), nothing contained 

in this Act shall apply to the 

Renoncants of the Union territory of 

Pondicherry.”. 

1956 93 The Young Persons (Harmful Publications) 

Act, 1956. 

  

  



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Year No. Short title Modifications 

1 2 3 4 

1956 96 The Slum Areas (Improvement and 

Clearance) Act, 1956. 

 

1956 104 The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in 

Women and Girls Act, 1956. 

 

1958 20 The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958.  

1958 21 The Rice-Milling Industry (Regulation) 

Act, 1958. 

 

1958 29 The Working Journalists (Fixation of 

Rates of Wages) Act, 1958. 

 

1958 42 The International Finance Corporation 

(Status, Immunities and Privileges)  

Act, 1958. 

 

1960 6 The Geneva Conventions Act, 1960.  

1960 32 The International Development 

Association (Status, Immunities and 

Privileges) Act, 1960. 

 

1960 63 The Preference Shares (Regulation of 

Dividends) Act, 1960. 

In section 1, after sub-section (2), insert:— 

“(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in 

sub-section (2), the provisions of this 

Act shall, in their application to the 

Union territory of Pondicherry, have 

effect subject to the modifications 

specified in the Schedule.”. 

After section 7, add:— 

THE SCHEDULE 

[See section 1(3)] 

Modifications of the Act in its application to 

the Union territory of Pondicherry 

1. Sections 3 and 4 shall be omitted. 

2. In section 4A, for the words, brackets, 

letters and figures “twenty-seven and a half 

per cent. of the aggregate of (i) the stipulated 

dividend, and (ii) an amount equal to eleven 

per cent. of the stipulated dividend as 

specified in sub-section (3) of section 3”, the 

following shall be substituted, namely:— 

“twenty-seven and a half per cent. of the 

stipulated dividend: 

Provided that in a case where the preference 

shares in respect of which dividend is 

declared or paid from part of the preference 

share capital of a company which, in respect 

  



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Year No. Short title Modifications 

1 2 3 4 

   of the greater part of its total income, is 

entitled to a deduction from the tax 

chargeable from it under the Income-tax Act, 

1961 (43 of 1961), under a notification 

issued by the Central Government under 

section 294A of that Act, the reference to 

twenty-seven and a half per cent. of the 

stipulated dividend shall be construed as a 

reference to— 

(i) where the stipulated dividend in respect of 

such preference share is declared or paid in 

respect of the previous year relevant to the 

assessment year commencing on the 1st day 

of April, 1965, the said twenty-seven and a 

half per cent. asreduced by forty-five per 

cent. thereof; 

(ii) where such dividend is declared or paid 

in respect of the previous year relevant to the 

assessment year commencing on the 1st day 

of April, 1966, the said twenty-seven and a 

half per cent. as reduced by twenty-five per 

cent. thereof; 

(iii) wheresuch dividend is declared or paid 

in respect of the previous year relevant to the 

assessment year commencing on the 1st day 

of April, 1967, or the 1st day of April, 1968, 

or the 1st day of April, 1969, the said twenty-

seven and a half per cent. as reduced by ten 

per cent. thereof. 

Explanation.—For the removal of doubts it is 

hereby declared that any reference in this 

section to deduction made from a dividend 

on account of the income-tax payable by the 

company does not include any amount 

deducted by the company from that dividend 

under section 194 of the Income-tax Act, 

1961 (43 of 1961).”. 

3. In section 5, sub-section (2) shall be 

omitted. 

4. Section 6 shall be omitted.‟. 

1961 

  

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The Advocates Act, 1961 

  

In section 3. in sub-section (1),— 

(1) in clause (a), omit, “Madras”; 

(2) re-letter clause (cc) (inserted by 

Regulation 8 of 1963) as clause (ccc) and 

before the clause as so re-lettered, insert:— 

“(cc) for the State of Madras and the Union 

territory of Pondicherry to be known as the 

Bar Council of Madras.”. 

After Section 58A, insert :— 

“58AA. Special Provisions in relation to the 

Union Territory of Pondicherry.— 

 



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Year No. Short title Modifications 

1 2 3 4 

   (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in 

this Act, all persons who, immediately before 

the date on which the provisions of Chapter 

III are brought into force in the Union 

territory of Pondicherry, were entitled to 

practise the profession of law (whether by 

way of pleading or acting or both) under any 

law in force in the said Union territory or 

who would have been so entitled had they 

not been in public service on the said date, 

shall for the purposes of clause (a) of sub-

section (1) of section 17, be deemed to be 

persons who were entered as advocates on 

the roll of a High Court under the Indian Bar 

Councils Act, 1926, (38 of 1926) and every 

such person may, on an application made in 

this behalf within such time as may be 

specified by the Bar Council of Madras, be 

admitted as an advocate on the State roll 

maintained in respect of the said Union 

territory. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in 

this Act, every person who, immediately 

before the date on which the provisions of 

Chapter IV are brought into force in the 

Union territory of Pondicherry, was 

practising the profession of law (whether by 

way of pleading or acting or both or in any 

other way) by virtue of the provisions of any 

law in force in the said Union territory, who 

does not elect to be or is not qualified to be, 

enrolled as an advocate under  

sub-section (1), shall, notwithstanding the 

repeal of the relevant provisions of such law 

by the Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act, 

1968, continue to enjoy the same rights as 

respects practice in any court or revenue 

office or before any authority or person 

andbe subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction 

of the same authority which he enjoyed, or, 

as the case may be, to which he was subject, 

immediately before the said date and 

accordingly the relevant provisions of the 

law aforesaid shall have effect in relation to 

such persons as if they had not been 

repealed.” 

1961 28 The Dowry Prohibition Act, 196l.  

1961 45 The Foreign Awards (Recognition and 

Enforcement) Act, 1961. 

 

 



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PART II 

Year No. Short title In force in a State  

or a Union 

Territory 

Modifications 

1 2 3 4 5 

1870 7 The Court-fees  

Act, 1870. 
As in force in the 

Union territory of 

Andaman and  

Nicobar Islands  

on the 1st day of 

August, 1966. 

In section 2, for clause (b), substitute:— 

„(b) “State Government” in relation to 

the Union territory of Pondicherry means 

the administrator thereof.‟. 

1899 2 The Indian 

Stamp Act, 

1899. 

As in force in the  

State of Madras on  

the 1st day of 

August, 1966. 

In section 2, after clause (25), insert:— 

(26) “State Government” in relation to 

the Union territory of Pondicherry 

means the administrator thereof.‟. 

In section 3, omit the first and second 

provisos. 

In section 19A,— 

(a) for “Presidency of Madras”, 

substitute “Union territory of 

Pondicherry”; 

(b) for“Presidency” substitute “Union 

territory”. 

In section 57, in sub-section (1), omit 

“and” at the end of clause (d) and 

after clause (e) insert: — 

“(ee) if it arises in the Union territory 

of Pondicherry, to the High Court 

of Madras.”.  

In section 75 A, for sub-section (2), 

substitute :— 

“(2) Every rule made under this Act 

shall, as soon as may be after it is 

made, be laid before the Legislative 

Assembly while it is in session for a 

total period of fourteen days which 

may be comprised in one session or in 

two successive sessions, and if before 

the expiry of the session in which it is 

so laid or the session immediately 

following, the Legislative Assembly 

makes any modification in the rule or 

decides that any such rule should not 

be made, that rule shall thereafter have 

effect only in such modified form or be 

of no effect, as the case may be;so, 

however, that any such modification or 

annulment shall be without prejudice 

to the validity of anything previously 

done after under that rule.”. 



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Year No. Short title In force in a State  

or a Union 

Territory 

Modifications 

1 2 3 4 5 

    In Schedule 1— 

(i) in entry 9, omit the Exemption; 

(ii) in entry 15, for “Madras Court-

fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1955 

(Madras Act XIV of 1955)”, substitute 

“Court-fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870)”; 

(iii) omit entry 20A; 

(iv) in entry 62, in clause (d), for 

“Administrator General‟s Act, 1913 

(Central Act III of 1913), section 25”, 

substitute“Administrators-General  

Act, 1963 (45 of 1963), section 22.”. 

1908 

  

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The Code of 

Civil Procedure, 

1908 

  

As in force in the 

State of  

Madras on the  

1st day of  

August, 1966. 

After section 45, insert :— 

  “45A. Execution of decrees, etc., passed 

or made before the commencement of the 

Code in Pondicherry.—Any judgment, 

decree or order passed or made before 

the commencement of this Code by any 

civil court in the Union territory of 

Pondicherry shall, for the purpose of 

execution, be deemed to have been 

passed or made under this Code: 

Provided that nothing contained in this 

section shall be construed as extending 

the period of limitation to which any 

proceeding in respect of such judgment, 

decree or order may be subject.”.