1. Short title and extent
(1)
This Act may be called the Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948.
(2)
It extends to the whole of India [except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*].
Amendment notes (2)
- Subs . Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for "except part B States".
- . *Vide* Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.