Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may he called the 1*** Boilers Act, 1923.
2[(2) It extends to the whole of India 3***.]
(3) It shall come into force on such date4
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. The word "Indian" omitted by Act 49 of 2007, s. 2 (w.e.f. 27-5-2008).
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
3. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-
2019).4. 1st January, 1924, see Notification No. A- 61, dated the 4th December, 1923, Gazette of India, Pt. I, p. 1695.