Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Cine-workers and
Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981.
(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; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and
for different areas.
Notes:
1. 1st October, 1984, vide notification No. G.S.R. 676(E), dated 21st September, 1984, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, sec. 3(i).