Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

The Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act, 1976Central Act · Act 77 of 1976

(1) This Act may be called the Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act, 1976.

(2) It extends to the whole of India ***.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States or for different parts thereof.

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Act	The Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act, 1976
Section	1
Marginal note	Short title, extent and commencement.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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omitted, Act 34 of 2019. . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
other. .15th August, 1976, vide notification No. S.O. 549(E), dated 13thAugust, 1976, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

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