.This Act may be called The Dramatic Performances Act , 1876.Local extent .It extends to the whole of India except[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] [Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".].[- - -] [The words "And it shall come into force at once" repealed by Act 10 of 1914, Section 3 and Sch.II.]
