(1) This Act may be called the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
Source footnotes
1. 1st May, 2016, vide notification No. S.O. 1544(E), Section 2, Sections 20 to 39, Sections 41 to 58, Sections 71 to 78, Sections 81 to 92 dated 26th April, 2016, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).1st May 2017, vide notification No. S.O. 1216(E), Section 3 to 19, Sections 40, Sections 59 to 71, Sections 79 to 80, dated 19th April, 2016, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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