Short title, extent and commencement.
CHAPTER I - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Castes and the
Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
(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 in the Official Gazette,
appoint.