Section 1
Short title, extent and commencement.
The Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956
About this Act
An Act to prevent undesirable transactions in securities by regulating the business of dealing therein, by providing for certain other matters connected therewith.
(1) This Act may be called the Securities Contracts
(Regulation) Act, 1956.
(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.
(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. 20th February, 1957, vide Notification No. S.R.O. 528, dated 16th February, 1957, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3.