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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981 Section 1

Short Title, Commencement and Duration

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Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981 Section 1 is part of Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981 - Short Title, Commencement 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 Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different Stares.

(3) It shall cease to have effect on the expiry of 1 [fifteen] years from the date of commencement of this Act except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such cessation of operation of this Act, and section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), shall apply upon such cessation of operation of this Act as if it had then been repealed by a Central Act.

(4) References in this Act to the commencement of this Act and to the continuance in force of this Act shall be construed in relation to each State as references, respectively, to the coming into force of this Act in that State and to the continuance in force of this Act in that State.

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1. Substituted for "ten" by the Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Amendment Act, 1993, w.r.e.f. 27.08.1992.

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