Short Title, Extent and Commencement
(1)This Act may be called the Salt Cess act, 1953.
(2) It extends to the whole of India1[***]
(3) It shall come into force on such date2as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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1. Words "except the States of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act, 1956, w.e.f. 01-11-1956.
2. The Act come into force on 29-12-1953.