Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Atomic Energy
Act, 1962.
(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.
Notes:
1. 21st September, 1962, vide notification No. G.S.R. 1254, dated 18th September, 1962, see Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (i).