1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000.
(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 provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
Amendment notes (2)
- . 1st May, 2004 (Ss. 3 and 5), vide notification No. S.O. 278(E), dated 12th February, 2004, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
- 15th January, 2014 (Ss. 93 and 94), vide notification No. S.O. 84(E), dated 10th January, 2014, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).