Section 1 - Short title, Extent and Commencement - Special Economic Zones Act, 2005

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 23rd June, 2005/Asadha 2, 1927(Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 23rd June, 2005, and is hereby published for general information:- THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES ACT, 2005 No. 28 of 2005 [23rd June, 2005.] An Act to provide for the establishment, development and management of the Special Economic Zones for the promotion of exports and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] 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 coming into force of that provision. ****************** NOTES:- 1 . Shall came into force, w.e.f. 10th day of February, 2006 vide Notification No. S.O. 196(E) dated 10-02-2006. 2 . Shall came into force, w.e.f. 1st day of October, 2008 vide Notification No. S.O. 2320(E) dated 01-10-2008 . 3 . Shall came into force, w.e.f. 13st day of January, 2010 vide Notification No. S.O. 75(E) dated 13-01-2010.