1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.
[(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 (2)
- Subs w.e.f. 5-4-1976 . Subs. by Act 52 of 1972, s. 33, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 5-4-1976).
- . 15th October, 1959, vide notification No. S. O. 2307, dated 15th October, 1959, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).