Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement

1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force of such date [1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. [Footnotes] 1 14th May, 1987, vide notification No. S.O. 467(E), dated 14th May, 1987, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).