Section 1:
Short title, local extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Indian Telegraph
Act, 1885.
1[(2) It extends to whole of India2***.]
(3) It shall come into force on the first day of October, 1885.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 45 of 1948, s. 2, for sub-section (2).
2. The words "except the State of Hyderabad" rep. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule. Earlier these
words were inserted by the A.O. 1950.