Section 1
Short title, extent and commencement.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the business of insurance.
(1) This Act may be called the Insurance Act, 1938.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.]
(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.]
(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 47 of 1950, s. 2, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-6-1950).
2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 62 of 1956, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
3. 1st July, 1939: see notification no. 589-(4)/38, dated the 1st April, 1939, Gazette of India, 1939, Pt. I, p. 631.
2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 62 of 1956, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
3. 1st July, 1939: see notification no. 589-(4)/38, dated the 1st April, 1939, Gazette of India, 1939, Pt. I, p. 631.