Section 1:
Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be called the Dock Workers (Regulation of
Employment) Act, 1948.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*].
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for "except part B States".
*. *Vide* Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.