Section 1
Short title, extent and commencement.
The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
About this Act
An Act to provide in pursuance of the International Convention signed at New York on the 9th day of May, 1950, for the Prevention of Immoral Traffic.
(1) This Act may be called 1[the Immoral Traffic
(Prevention)] Act, 1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) This section shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) This section shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 44 of 1986,for "the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls" (w.e.f. 26-1-1987).
2. 1st May, 1958, vide notification No. G.S.R. 269, dated 16th April, 1958, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i).
2. 1st May, 1958, vide notification No. G.S.R. 269, dated 16th April, 1958, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i).