(1) This Act may be called the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall apply to public servants in and outside India.
(4) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
116th January, 2014, vide notification No. S.O. 119 (E), dated 16th January, 2014, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).