Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement

The Wealth-Tax Act, 1957Central Act · Act 27 of 1957

WEALTH-TAX ACT, 1957

[27 OF 1957]

[AS AMENDED BY THE FINANCE ACT, 2013]

An Act to provide for the levy of wealth-tax

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Wealth-tax Act, 1957.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1957.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Wealth-Tax Act, 1957
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.

other. For effective date for the applicability of the Act in the State of Sikkim, see Notification No. SO 148(E), dated 23-2-1989.

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