Section 3(2A) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 excludes:

Section 3(2A) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 provides that nothing in the Act applies "to the Renoncants of the Union territory of Pondicherry". Buddhists are covered by s.3(1)(b), and Parsis are outside the Act under s.3(1)(c), not under s.3(2A).