This Act may be called the Transfer of Property Act, 1882.
It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1882.
It extends in the first instance to the whole of India except the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States or in the States of Bombay, Punjab and Delhi:
Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect any law relating to Muslims or to derogate from any rule of Muslim law, or any enactment relating to Court of Wards, or to affect any terms of any grant from the Crown.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 1
Section 1 provides the short title, territorial commencement, and territorial extent of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, establishing the baseline statutory code for inter vivos property alienations across India.
In property transactions, confirm whether the State has issued local exemptions (e.g., Punjab or agricultural tenancy tenures) where certain technical provisions of the TPA may operate under principles of justice, equity, and good conscience rather than strict statutory forms.