Section 1:
Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Representation of the People
(Amendment) Act, 1966.
(2) It 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 of this Act.
Notes:
1. 14th December, 1966, vide notification No. S.O. 3873(E), dated 14th December, 1966, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, sec 3(ii)