Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Indian Naval
Armament Act, 1923.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India except 2[the territories which, immediately before the 1st
November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States].]
(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette appoint.
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".
3. This Act was brought into force on the 10th November, 1923, see Gazette of India, 1923, Pt. I, p. 617.