Act Number: 11

Act Name: The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.

Year: 2016

Enactment Date: 2016-03-21

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of a national standards body for the harmonious development of the activities of standardisation, conformity assessment and quality assurance of goods, articles, processes, systems and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Consumer Affairs

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India.
     (3) It shall come into force on such date 1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1 12th October 2017, vide Notification No. S.O.3295(E) dated 12th October 2017, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3 (ii).
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