Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement.

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017

Act 16 of 2017
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department of Health and Family Welfare

About this Act

An Act to provide for the prevention and control of the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and for the protection of human rights of persons affected by the said virus and syndrome and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

All sections

    (1) This Act may be called the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India.
     (3) It shall come into force on such date ¹ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Notes

¹ 10th September, 2018 vide Notification No. S.O. 4715(E) dated 10th September 2018, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).