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 [Repealed].—Rep.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.
