Act Number: 15

Act Name: The Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act, 1977

Year: 1977

Enactment Date: 1977-04-18

Long Title: An Act to protect the publication of reports of proceedings of Parliament.

Ministry: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Department:

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement
    (1) This Act may be called the Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act, 1977.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
     (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of March, 1977.
Notes:
*. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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