Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Orphanages and
other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act, 1960.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. 1. Enforced on 2-10-1963 in the whole of Rajasthan —vide Rajasthan Government Gazette, dated 30-9-1963, Part IV(Ga), Extraordinary, p. 529,
In Kerala, on 1-7-1962—vvidev Kerala Gazette, dated 3-7-1962, Part I.
In Andhra Pradesh, w.e.f. 20-2-1992 vide Andhra Gazette, dated 19-2-1992, Part I, Extraordinary, p. 1.
In Manipur, on 1-8-1983—vvide Manipur Gazette, dated 5-8-1983, Extraordinary, p. 1, No. 172.
In Goa, w.e.f. 4-8-1994—vide Goa Government Gazette, dated 4-8-1994, p. 339, Sl. No. 1.
In Karnataka, w.e.f. 1-4-1992—vide Karnataka Gazette, dated 22-11-1992, Part II, 2-C(ii), p. 1.
In Maharashtra, w.r.e.f. 31-10-1991—vide Maharashtra Government Gazette, dated 2-1-1992, Part 4-A, p. 3.
In Orissa, w.e.f. 2-10-1991 vide Orissa Gazette, dated 5-10-1991, Extraordinary, p. 1.
In Punjab w.e.f. 28-11-1991—vide Punjab Government Gazette, dated 28-11-1991.
In Tripura, w.e.f. 11-10-1991, vide Tripura Gazette, dated 11-10-1991.
*. 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.