Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Probation of Offenders
Act, 1958.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different parts of the State.
Notes:
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule
(w.e.f. 31-10-2019).