Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement

1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act, 1954. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and applies also to persons domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are outside the said territories. (3) It shall come into force on such date[2] as the Central Government may, by Notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.