Chapter I — PRELIMINARY

Section 1Short title, extent and commencement

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement

1. Short title, extent and commencement

(1)

This Act may be called the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.

[(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)
  1. Subs . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
  2. omitted w.e.f. 15-8-1968 . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
  3. . 1st July, 1949, vide Notification No. I OA (4)/49, dated 1st June, 1949, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i)