Section 1:
Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Maritime Zones of
India
(Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act, 1981.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in Official
Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference
in any such provisions to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming
into force of that provision.
Notes:
1. 2nd November, 1981, vide notification No. S.O. 782(E), dated 31st October, 1981, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(ii).