Section 1:
Short title, commencement and application.
(1) This Act may be called the Metro Railways
(Construction of Works) Act, 1978.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
(3) It applies in the first instance to the metropolitan city of Calcutta; and the Central Government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that this Act shall also apply to 2[the National Capital
Region, such other metropolitan city and metropolitan area, after consultation with the State Government,
and with effect from such date as may be specified in that notification and thereupon the provisions of
this Act shall apply to the National Capital Region, such metropolitan city or metropolitan area
accordingly.]
Notes:
1. 1st February, 1979, vide notification No. S.O. 412(E), dated 20th January, 1979, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, sec. 3 (ii).
2. Subs. by Act 34 of 2009, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 7-9-2009).