Section 1 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Short title, extent and commencement

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Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement

  • (1) This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
  • (2) It extends to the whole of India.
  • (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different State and any reference in this Act to the commencement of this Act shall, in relation to a States, be construed as a reference to the coming into force of this Act in that State.

Source: official text of The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

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