Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Indian Medicine Central
Council Act, 1970.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf for such State, and different dates may be appointed for
different States and for different provisions of this Act.
Notes:
1. 15th August, 1971,vide notification No. S.O. 2994, dated 10th August, 1971, in respect of ss. 2, 13, 32 to 36 (both inclusive) in
the whole of India and ss. 3, 5 to 12 (both inclusive) and 14 to 16 (both inclusive) in all the States (except the State of
Nagaland) and the Union territory of Delhi, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
1st October, 1974, videnotification No. S.O. 584(E), dated the 1st October, 1974, in respect of ss. 18 to 22 (both inclusive), see
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii),
1st October, 1976, vide notification No. S.O. 626(E), dated the 10th September, 1976, in respect of ss. 17 and 23 to 31(both
inclusive),see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii),