(1) This Act may be called the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***

(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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Footnote -

1. The 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).

2. 1st July, 1961, vide notification No. S.O. 1410, dated 20th June, 1961, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).