Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement. - Central Sales Tax Act, 1956

Chapter I Preliminary Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Central Sales tax Act, 1956. (2) it extends to the whole of India 1 [***] . (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. ---------------------- Notes:- 1. Omitted vide Act No. 5 of 1958 w.e.f. 13.03.1958. before it was read as:- except the state of Jammu and Kashmir