1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Petroleum Act, 1934.
[(2) It extends to the whole of India ***.]
(3)
It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Amendment notes (3)
- Subs . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
- omitted w.e.f. 1-11-1956 . 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).
- . 30th March, 1937, Gazette of India, 1937, pt. I, p. 632.