# 1 Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called 1[the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection)] Act, 1994.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of India 2***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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1 Subs. by s. 3, <i>ibid</i>., for "the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse)" (w.e.f. 14-2-2003).
2. 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).
3. 1st January, 1996, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 990, dated 21st December, 1995, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
