Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Energy Conservation
Act, 2001.
(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; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and
any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to
the coming into force of that provision.
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. 28th June, 2012 (sections 31, 33, 44, 45), vide notification No. S. O. 1433(E), dated 28th June, 2012, see Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).