1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Insurance Act, 1938.
[(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 in this behalf.
Amendment notes (3)
- 1Subs w.e.f. 1-6-1950 Subs. by Act 47 of 1950, s. 2, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-6-1950).
- 2omitted 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).
- 31st July, 1939: see notification no. 589-(4)/38, dated the 1st April, 1939, Gazette of India, 1939, Pt. I, p. 631.