law: Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916 
  5. Application of this Act to the Khoja 
  
  community.- 
  Where the (State Government) is of onion that the  Khoja community in the (State) or any part thereof desire
  
  that the provisions of this Act should be extended to such community, it may be
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, declare that the provisions of this Act,
  
  with the substitutions of the word " Khojas "
  
  or " Khoja " as the case may be, for the word
  
  "Hindu" or "Hindu" wherever those words occur, shall apply
  
  to that community in such area as may be specified in the notification, and
  
  this Act shall thereupon have effect accordingly.