Section 1:
Short title, commencement and application.
(1) This Act may be called the Government
Savings Certificates Act, 1959.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
(3) It applies to such class of savings certificates as the Central Government may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf.
Notes:
1. 1st August, 1960, vide notification No. G.S.R. 709, dated 25th June, 1960, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(i).