Section 1:
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Notaries Act, 1952.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1
* * *.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and theSchedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
2. 14th February, 1956: vide notification No. S.R.O. 317, dated 10th February, 1956, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
s. 3.