Section 1 - Short title, extent, commencement and application - The Consumer Protection Act, 2019

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 9th August, 2019/Shravana 18, 1941 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 9th August, 2019, and is hereby published for general information:- THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019 NO. 35 OF 2019 [9th August, 2019.] An Act to provide for protection of the interests of consumers and for the said purpose, to establish authorities for timely and effective administration and settlement of consumers disputes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, extent, commencement and application. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States and for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. (4) Save as otherwise expressly provided by the Central Government, by notification, this Act shall apply to all goods and services.