Section 1:
Short title, extent and application.
(1) This Act may be called the 2[Petroleum and Minerals
Pipelines] (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
(3) It applies in the first instance to the whole of the States of West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar-Pradesh and
Gujarat and the Union territory of Delhi, and the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, declare that this Act shall also apply to such other State of Union territory and with effect from
such date as may be specified in that notification and thereupon the provisions of this Act shall apply to
that State or Union territory accordingly.
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "Petroleum Pipelines" ( w.e.f. 3-2-1977).
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu
and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.