1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956.
(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.
Amendment notes (1)
- . 20th February, 1957, vide Notification No. S.R.O. 528, dated 16th February, 1957, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3.