Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1)This Act may be called the Mines Act, 1952.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1* * *
(3) It shall come into force on such date2
or dates as the Central Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this
Act and for different States but not later than 3lst December, 1953.
Notes:
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and The Schedule.(w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
2. 1st July, 1952, vide Notification No. S.R.O. 967, dated 27th May, 1952, Gazette of India 1952, Part. II, sec.3.