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(1) This Act may be called the Arms Act, 1959.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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1. Vide Notification No. G.S.R. 992, dated 13-7-1962,the date fixed is 1st October, 1962, see Gazette of India, Pt.II, Sec.3(i) p. 1092.