# 1 Short title, extent, commencement and application
(1) This Act may be called the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1* * *.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 not being later than the 31st day of March, 1962, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States.
3[Provided that it shall come into force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir* on the commencement of the Central Labour Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1970.]
(4) It applies to every motor transport undertaking employing five or more motor transport workers:
Provided that the State Government may, after giving not less than two months' notice of its intention so to do, by notification in the Official Gazette, apply all or any of the provisions of this Act to any motor transport undertaking employing less than five motor transport workers.
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1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).
2. The Act has been brought into force as follows:--
26th January, 1962, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>, in Madhya Pradesh.
1st February, 1962, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>, in Assam, Kerala, Mysore, Orissa, Punjab, Andaman & Nicobar Iclands, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh.
1st March, 1962, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>, in West Bengal.
31st March, 1962, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>, in Madras, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
1st February, 1962, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 310, dated 30th January, 1962, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>, in Andhra Pradesh.
1st February, 1962, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 382, dated 31st January, 1962, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>, in Rajasthan.
15th February, 1962, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 468, dated 9th February, 1962, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>, in Tripura.
1st March, 1962, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 573, dated 16th February, 1962, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>, in Bihar.
31st March, 1962, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 781, dated 9th March, 1962, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>, in Gujarat and Manipur.
3. The proviso added by s. 2 and the Schedule, <i>ibid</i>. (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).
*. <i>Vide</i> notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
