Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Dowry Prohibition
Act, 1961.
(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. 1st July, 1961, vide notification No. S.O. 1410, dated 20th June, 1961, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).