Section 1 - Short title, extent, commencement and application - Consumer Protection Act 1986

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 [68 of 1986] An Act to provide for the better protection of the interest of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the estab lishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumers' disputes and for matters connected therewith. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seventh 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, 1986. (2) It extends to the whole of India 1 [ **** ] . (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Govern ment may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States and for different provisions of this Act. (4) Save as otherwise expressly provided by the Central Govern ment by notification, this Act shall apply to all goods and services. **************** NOTES:- 1. Omitted vide THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR REORGANISATION ACT, 2019 dated 09-08-2019 before it was read as, except the state of Jammu and Kashmir