(1) This Act may be called the Bombay Essential Commodities and Cattle (Control) Act, 1958.
(2) It extends to the whole of the 1[State of Maharashtra].
(3) It shall come into force on such 2date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(2) It extends to the whole of the 1[State of Maharashtra].
(3) It shall come into force on such 2date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Source footnotes
1. These words were substituted for the words "State of Bombay" by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960, Sch.2. It came into force on the 1st day of September 1958, vide G. N., A. & F.D., Notification No. ECA. 1057/181195-P, dated the 27th August 1958.
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