1. Short title, local extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885.
[(2) It extends to whole of India***.]
(3)
It shall come into force on the first day of October, 1885.
Amendment notes (2)
- Subs . Subs. by Act 45 of 1948, s. 2, for sub-section (2).
- rep . The words "except the State of Hyderabad" rep. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule. Earlier these words were inserted by the A.O. 1950.