Section 1:
Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Inland Waterways Authority of
India Act, 1985.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. 27th October, 1986, vide notification No. S.O. 763(E), dated 27th October, 1986, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(ii).