1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act, 1976.
(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 and different dates may be appointed for different States or for different parts thereof.
Amendment notes (2)
- omitted w.e.f. 31-10-2019 . 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).
- .15th August, 1976, vide notification No. S.O. 549(E), dated 13thAugust, 1976, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).