The Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act, 1950
# THE KHADDAR (PROTECTION OF NAME) ACT, 1950
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 ARRANAGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS

1. Short title and extent.
2. The words “Khaddar” and “Khadi” to be trade description.
3. [Repealed.]

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# THE KHADDAR (PROTECTION OF NAME) ACT, 1950

 ACT NO. 78 OF 1950

[28th December, 1950.]

# An Act to regulate the use of the words “Khaddar” and “Khadi” when applied as a trade
 description of woven materials.

BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:—

**1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act, 1950.**

(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.

**2. The words “Khaddar” and “Khadi” to be trade description.—The words “Khaddar” and**

“Khadi”, whether in Hindi or in any other Indian language or in English, when applied to any woven
material, shall be deemed to be a trade description within the meaning of the Indian Merchandise Marks
Act, 1889 (40 of 1889), indicating that such material is cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton,
silk or woolen yarn hand-spun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns.

**3. [Repealed].—Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1957 (36 of 1957) s. 2 and** _First_ _Schedule._

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*. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu

and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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