Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the 1*** Lighthouse
Act, 1927.
(2)It extends to the whole of India 2***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date3
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. The word "Indian" omitted by Act 37 of 1976, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-4-1976).
2. The words "except Part B States" omitted by Act 18 of 1953, s. 2.
3. 1st. April, 1929, see Gazette of India, 1929, Pt. I, p. 96.