अनैतिक व्यापार अधिनियम 1956 की धारा 1 – सक्षिप्त नाम, विस्तार और प्रारम्भ–
(1) यह अधिनियम [अनैतिक व्यापार (निवारण)] अधिनियम, 1956 कहा जा सकेगा ।
(2) इसका विस्तार सम्पूर्ण भारत पर है ।
(3) यह धारा तुरन्त प्रवृत्त हो जाएगी, और इस अधिनियम के शेष उपबन्ध उस तारीख को प्रवृत्त होंगे जिसे केन्द्रीय सरकार शासकीय राजपत्र में अधिसूचना द्वारा नियत करे ।
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—
(1) This Act may be called 1 [the Immoral Traffic (Prevention)] Act, 1956.—(1) This Act may be called 3[the Immoral Traffic (Prevention)] Act, 1956.”
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) This section shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date 2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
1. Subs. by Act 44 of 1986, sec. 3, for “ the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls” (w.e.f. 26-1-1987).
2. Came into force on 1-5-1958, vide G.S.R. 269, dated 16th April, 1958, published in the Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec. 3(i), p. 203