1. Short title and commencement
[(1)] This Act may be called the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914.
[(2) It extends to the whole of India ***.]
Amendment notes (3)
- . Section 1 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by s. 3 and the Schedule, ibid.
- Ins . Ins. by s. 3 and the Schedule, ibid.
- omitted . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 62 of 1956, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f 1-11-1956).