Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Beedi Workers Welfare
Fund Act, 1976.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date1
, as the Central Government may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different areas in the State and for
different provisions of this Act.
Notes:
1. 15th February, 1977, vide notification No. G.S.R. 57(E), dated 2nd February, 1977, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(i).