Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date 1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for
different areas.
Notes:
1 . 19th November, 1986, vide notification No. G.S.R. 1198(E), dated 12th November, 1986, see Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).