law: Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, I936 
  1. Short title, extent and commencement
  (1) This Act may be
  
  called the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.
  (2) 2[It
  
  extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]:
  Provided that the Central
  
  Government may, in respect of 3[territories which, immediately
  
  before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] by notification
  
  in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of this Act relating to the
  
  constitution and powers of Parsi Matrimonial Courts and to appeals from the
  
  decisions and orders of such Courts shall apply with such modifications as may
  
  be specified in the notification:
   4  [Providedfurther
  
  that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the Union
  
  territory of Pondicherry.]
  (3) It shall come into
  
  force on such date5 as the Central Government may, by notification
  
  in the Official Gazette, appoint.