Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Reserve and Auxiliary
Air Forces Act, 1952.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) This Chapter shall come into force at once, and the remaining provisions shall come into force on
such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different
dates may be appointed for different provisions.
Notes:
1. Chapters II and III and provisions of Chapters V and VI except so far as they relate to the Auxiliary Air Force came into force
on the 15th August, 1955, vide S.R.O. 332, dated the 20th August, 1955, Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 4. Chapter IV and
provisions of Chapters V and VI relating to the Auxiliary Air Force came into force on the 15th October, 1955, vide S.R.O. 395,
dated the 15th October, 1955, Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 4.