Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Beedi Workers Welfare
Cess Act, 1976.
(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. 15th February, 1977, vide notification No. G.S.R. 55(E), dated 2nd February, 1977, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(i).