Act Number: 18

Act Name: The Public Debt Act, 1944

Year: 1944

Enactment Date: 1944-11-22

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Government securities and to the management by the Reserve Bank of India of the public debt of the Government.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Economic Affairs

Section 1: Short title and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Public Debt 1*** Act, 1944.
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     (3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
Notes:
1. The brackets and words "(Central Government)" omitted by Act 6 of 1949, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-4-1949).
2. Sub-section (2) omitted by Act 57 of 1956, s. 3 (w.e.f. 15-10-1956).
3. 1st May, 1946, see Gazette of India, 1946, Pt. I. p. 575.
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