Chapter I — PRELIMINARY

Section 1Short title, extent and commencement

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement

1. Short title, extent and commencement

(1)

This Act may be called the Food Corporations Act, 1964.

(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)
  1. omitted w.e.f. 15-12-1972 . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 67 of 1972, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-12-1972).
  2. 17th December, 1964, vide notification No. G.S.R. 1808, dated 16th December, 1964, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (i).