1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called [the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection)] Act, 1994.
(2)
It shall extend 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 (3)
- Subs w.e.f. 14-2-2003 Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse)" (w.e.f. 14-2-2003).
- 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).
- . 1st January, 1996, vide notification No. S.O. 990, dated 21st December, 1995, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).