Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Insurance Act, 1938.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.]
(3) It shall come into force on such date3
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 47 of 1950, s. 2, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-6-1950).
2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 62 of 1956, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
3. 1st July, 1939: see notification no. 589-(4)/38, dated the 1st April, 1939, Gazette of India, 1939, Pt. I, p. 631.