Section 1:
Short title, extent, application and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Emigration
Act, 1983.
(2) It extends to the whole of India and applies also to citizens of India outside India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date 1
as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint and
different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such
provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that
provision.
Notes:
1 30th December, 1983, vide notification No. S.O. 940(E), dated 30th December, 1983, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, sec. 3 (ii).