Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

The Provident Funds Act, 1925Central Act · Act 19 of 1925

(1) This Act may be called the Provident Funds Act, 1925.

(2) It extends to the whole of India [except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*] ***.

(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 Provident Funds Act, 1925
Section	1
Marginal note	Short title, extent and commencement.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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

substituted, Act 3 of 1851. . Subs. by Act 3 of 1851, s. 3 and Schedule, for "except Part B States".
omitted. . The words "including British Baluchistan" omitted by the A.O. 1948.
other. . 1st April, 1926, Gazette of India, 1925, Pt. I, p. 1182. *. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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