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.