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The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

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Section 1Short title, extent and commencement

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Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement

1. Short title, extent and commencement

(1)

This Act may be called the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

(2)

It extends to the whole of India:

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(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 . The proviso and Explanation omitted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, vide notification No. S.O. 1123(E) dated (18-3-2020) and vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification No. S.O. 3774(E), dated (23-10-2020).
  2. . 22nd August, 1996, vide notification No. G.S.R 375(E), dated 22nd August, 1996, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).