Mera Samvidhaan All of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

Chapter I · Preliminary

1Short title, extent and commencement.

Section 1 · Chapter I · page 5 of the Act

(1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.

(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Note: footnote 1 on page 5 belongs to the long title of the Act.

Subs. by Act 1 of 2016, s. 2, for “Special Courts” (w.e.f. 26-1-2016).

2 The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Sch V (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).

3 30th January, 1990, vide Notifn. No. S.O. 106(E), dated 29th January, 1990, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

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