Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Handlooms (Reservation
of Articles for Production) Act, 1985.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. 31st March, 1986, vide notification No. G.S.R 505(E), dated 10th March, 1986, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(i).