Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Cinematograph
Act, 1952.
(2) Parts I, II and IV extends to the whole of India 1* * * and Part III extends to 2
[the Union
territories] only.
(3) This Act shall come into force on such date3
as the Central Government may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, appoint:
4* * * * * STATE AMENDMENTS
Ladakh (UT).--Section 1.---In sub-section (3), omit the proviso.
[Vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification
No. S.O. 3774(E), dated (23-10-2020).]
Notes:
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 25 of 1973, s. 2.
2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1959, s. 2, for "Part C States".
3. 28th July, 1952, Information and Broadcasting Ministry's Notification No. S.R.O.
1066, dated the 10th June, 1952, see Gazette
of India, 1952, Part II, s. 3.
4. The Proviso omitted by Act 12 of 2023, s. 3 (w.e.f. 11-8-2023).