(1) This Act may be called the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1*** and also applies to citizens of India outside India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
1The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by the Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act, 1956 (62 of 1956), s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
21st September, 1950, see Gazette of India, 1950, Part II, s. 3