# 1 Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Customs Act, 1962.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1 [and, save as otherwise provided in this Act, it applies also to any offence or contravention thereunder committed outside India by any person].
(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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1. Ins. by Act 13 of 2018, s. 57 (w.e.f. 28-3-2018).
2. 1st February, 1963, <i>vide</i> notification No. G.S.R. 155, dated 23rd January, 1963, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(i)</i>.
