Section 1
Short title, extent and commencement.
The Food Corporations Act, 1964
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of Food Corporations for the purpose of trading in foodgrains and other foodstuffs and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
(1) This Act may be called the Food Corporations Act,
1964.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date 2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date 2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 67 of 1972, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-12-1972).
2 17th December, 1964, vide notification No. G.S.R. 1808, dated 16th December, 1964, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (i).
2 17th December, 1964, vide notification No. G.S.R. 1808, dated 16th December, 1964, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (i).