Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Architects Act, 1972.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. 2nd April, 1973, vide notification No. G.S.R. 400(E), dated 16th March, 1973, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(i).