1. Short title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the River Boards Act, 1956.
(2)
It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Amendment notes (3)
- 15th May, 1957, vide notification No. EL-I-452 (17)/57, dated 11th May, 1957, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 1.
- 1st October, 1973, vide Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and the First Schedule in respect of Pondicherry.
- 1st July 1965, vide Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and the First Schedule extended to and brought into force in respect of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli.