Section 1. Short title and commencement

1. Short title and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the North-Eastern Council Act, 1971. (2) It shall come into force on such date[1] , being a date not earlier than the day appointed under clause (b) of section 2 of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (81 of 1971), as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. [Footnotes] 1. 1stAugust, 1972, vide notification No. G.S.R. 359(E), dated 25th July, 1972, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).