(1) This Act may be called the 1[Employee's] Compensation Act, 1923.

2[(2) It extends to the whole of India 3***.]

(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1924.

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Footnote -

1. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "Workmen's" (w.e.f. 18-1-2010 ).

2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for sub-section (2).

3. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).