Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the National Commission
for Minorities Act, 1992.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-
2019). 2. 17th May, 1993, vide notification No. S.O. 317(E), dated 17th May, 1993, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(ii).