Section 1 - Short title and commencement - Finance Act, 1997

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 14th May, 1997A/aisakha 24,1919 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 14th May, 1997 and is hereby published for general information: THE FINANCE ACT, 1997 NO. 26 OF 1997 [14th May, 1997] An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 1997-98 BE it enacted by the Parliament in the Forty-eighth 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, 1997. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, sections 2 to 61 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1997.