1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Railway Protection Force Act, 1957.
(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 (4)
- . 10th September 1959, vide notification No. 58-security/16/9, dated 10-9-1959, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 1.
- Extended to Goa, Daman and Diu with modifications, by Reg. 12 of 1962, s. 3 and Schedule.
- The Act comes into force in Pondicherry on 1-10-1963, s. 3 and Schedule I.
- w.e.f. 1-7-1965 Extended to and brought into force in Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Schedule I.