1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called [the Immoral Traffic (Prevention)] Act, 1956.
(2)
It extends to the whole of India.
(3)
This section shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Amendment notes (2)
- Subs w.e.f. 26-1-1987 . Subs. by Act 44 of 1986,for "the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls" (w.e.f. 26-1-1987).
- . 1st May, 1958, vide notification No. G.S.R. 269, dated 16th April, 1958, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i).