Section 1 - Short Title and commencement - Finance Act, 1976

MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 27th May, 1976/Jyaistha 6, 1898 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 27th May, 1976, and is hereby published for general information: THE FINANCE ACT, 1976 No. 66 of 1976 [27th May 1976] An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 1976-77 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short Title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Finance Act, 1976. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, sections 2 to 30 and section 43 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1976.