1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called The[Oilfields] (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948.
[(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 (4)
- Subs w.e.f. 1-6-1958 . Subs. by s. 32 and the Third Schedule, ibid., for "Mines and Minerals" (w.e.f. 1-6-1958).
- Subs . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section 2.
- omitted . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 67 of 1957, s. 32 and the Third Schedule,(w.e.f. 1-6- 1958).
- . 25th October, 1949 see Notification No. M-II-155 (24)-I, dated 18th October 1949, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1949.