(1) This Act may be called the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 28th day of January, 1984.
1The 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).