Section 1
Short title, extent and commencement.
The Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act, 1976
About this Act
An Act to provide for the speedy trial of certain offences in certain areas and for matters connected therewith.
(1) This Act may be called the Disturbed Areas (Special
Courts) Act, 1976.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States or for different parts thereof.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States or for different parts thereof.
Notes
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule
(w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
2.15th August, 1976, vide notification No. S.O. 549(E), dated 13thAugust, 1976, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
2.15th August, 1976, vide notification No. S.O. 549(E), dated 13thAugust, 1976, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).