1[(1) This Act may be called the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988.]
(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.
(3) The provisions of sections 3, 5 and 8 shall come into force at once, and the remaining provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 19th day of May, 1988.
1Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-11-2016).
2The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).