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Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.Central Act · Act 31 of 2016

(1) This Code may be called the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

(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:

Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Code and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Code shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision.

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ActThe Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
Section1
Marginal noteShort title, extent and commencement.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it3

How this provision has been amended

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  • omitted. The proviso 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. 5th August, 2016, vide Notification no. S.O. 2618(E), dated 5th August, 2016 (ss. 188 to 194), see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). 19th August, 2016S. 3, cls. (1), (5), (22), (26), (28), (37), ss. 221, 222, 225, 230, 232, 233, sub-section (1) of cls. (zd), subsection (2) of section 239, sub-section (1) and cls. (zt), sub-section (2) of section 240; ss. 241 and 242; vide noti…

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