# 1 Short title, extent, application and commencement
(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.
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1. The 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).
2. 1st September, 1950, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, 1950, Part II, s. 3
