Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Hyderabad Abolition of Inams 1[and Cash Grants] Act, 1954. (2) It extends to 2[the Hyderabad area of the 3[State of Maharashtra] and shall be applicable to all inams except- (i) inams held by or for the benefit of charitable and religious institutions; (ii) inams held for rendering village service useful to the Government or to the village community including sethsendhi, neeradi and balutha inams. 4[(2A) On the coming into force of the Hyderabad Abolition of Inams (Amendment) Act, 1959 (Bom. LXIV of 1959) this Act shall apply also to cash grants and inams of the nature of community service inams and watans.] 5[(3) (a) This section, section 2, section 3 except clauses (d), (g), (h) and (i) of sub-section (2), sections 30 to 34 (both inclusive), section 35 to the extent to which it enables rules to be made for the purposes of the aforesaid sections, section 36 and section 37, shall come into force on the date of publication of this Act in the Official Gazette;] (b) the rest of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Government may by notification in the Official Gazette , appoint in this behalf.]