Section 1 of Aadhaar Act 2016

Section 1 of Aadhaar Act 2016 – Short title, extent and commencement

Section 1(1) of Aadhaar Act 2016

This Act may be called the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.

Section 1(2) of Aadhaar Act 2016

It shall extend to the whole of India ¹*** and save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall also apply to any offence or contravention thereunder committed outside India by any person.

Section 1(3) of Aadhaar Act 2016

It shall come into force on such date² as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and 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 commencement of that provision.

1. 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). ↩︎
2. 12th September, 2016 — Sections 1 to 10, 24 to 47, vide notification No. S.O. 2927 (E), dated 12th September, 2016 see
   Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3 (ii).
   12th July, 2016— Sections 11 to 20, 22 and 23, 48 to 59, vide notification No. S.O. 2357 (E), dated 12 the July 2016, see
   Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3 (ii).
   25th July, 2019 — Sections1 to 30, vide notification No. S.O. 2649 (E), dated 25th July, 2019 see Gazette of India,
   Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3 (ii). ↩︎