Section 1 — Short title and extent.

The Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939
(1) This Act may be called the Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939. (2) It extends to the whole of India except 1 [the territories which, immediately before the1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States]. STATE AMENDMENT Karnataka Amendment of Central Act XXX of 1939.-- In sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939 (Central Act XXX of 1939), after the words and letter “in Part B States” the words, brackets, figures and letters “other than the territories specified in clause (a) and clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the [States Re-organisation Act, 1956 (Central Act XXXVII of 1956)”] shall be added. [ Vide Karnataka Act 33 of 1978, s. 7].

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