Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
Notes:
1. 27th January, 2005, vide notification No. S.O. 96(E) dated 27th January, 2005, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II
sec. 3(ii).