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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968 Section 1

Short Title, Extent and Duration

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Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968 Section 1 is part of Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968 - Short Title, Extent and Duration. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) This Act may be called the Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968.

(2) It extends to the whole of India:

Provided that it shall not apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir except to the extent to which the provisions of this Act relate to Union employees.

(3) It shall cease to have effect on the expiry of three years from the date of commencement of this Act except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such cesser of operation of this Act, and section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, shall apply upon such cesser of operation of this Act as if it had then been repealed by a Central Act.

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Section Section 1 of the Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968 (Short Title, Extent and Duration) is reproduced on this page as part of the Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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