Section - 1, Short title, extent and commencement (IGST ACT, 2017)

Section - 1, Short title, extent and commencement (IGST ACT, 2017)

Goods & Services Tax

Short title, extent and commencement


(1) This Act may be called the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.


(2) It shall extend to the whole of India.*1*[****]


(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:


Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.


Notes:-


*1*. Omitted vide the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017 no. 27 of 2017, w.e.f. 8-7-2017, before it was read as, "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir."