Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996Central Act · Act 26 of 1996

(1) This Act may be called the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

(2) It extends to the whole of India:

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(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
Section	1
Marginal note	Short title, extent and commencement.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	9

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

omitted. . The proviso and Explanation omitted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, vide notification No. S.O. 1123(E) dated (18-3-2020) and vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification No. S.O. 3774(E), dated (23-10-2020).
other. . 22nd August, 1996, vide notification No. G.S.R 375(E), dated 22nd August, 1996, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).

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