1. Short title and extent
(1)
This Act may be called the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
(2)
It extends to the whole of India ***.
Amendment notes (1)
- omitted w.e.f. 15-8-1968 . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).