Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Air (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
(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. 16th May, 1981,vide notificationNo. G.S.R. 351(E), dated 15th May, 1981, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3
(i).