1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.
(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)
- omitted . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31- 10- 2019).
- . 1st April, 1972, vide notification No. G.S.R. 285, dated 19th February, 1972, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3 (i).