Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
1[Short title, extent, application and commencement].--(1) This Act may be called the Right of
Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of India 2***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date3
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
4[(4) Subject to the provisions of articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution, the provisions of this Act shall
apply to conferment of rights on children to free and compulsory education.
(5) Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to Madrasas, Vedic Pathsalas and educational
institutions primarily imparting religious instruction.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 2 of 2018, s. 3 and The Second Schedule, for "the marginal heading" (w.e.f. 5-1-2018).
2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule
(w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
3. 1st April, 2010, vide notification No. S.O. 428(E), dated 16th February, 2010, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(ii).
4. Ins. by Act 30 of 2012, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-8- 2012).