(1) This Act may be called the Press Council Act, 1978.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
Section 2 - Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Council;
(b) "Council means the Press Council of India established under section 4;
(c) "member" means a member of the Council and includes its Chairman ;
(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(e) the expressions "editor" and "newspaper" have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (25 of 1867), and the expression "working journalist" has the meaning assigned to it in the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955).
Section 3 - Rule of construction respecting enactments not extending to the State of Jammu and Kashmir or Sikkim
Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir or Sikkim shall, in relation to that State, be construced as a reference to the corresponding law, if any in force in that State.