Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 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 for different States, and any reference to commencement in any provision of this Act in relation to any State shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision in that State.
1. 28th July, 2006 (ss. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 75, 77, 79), vide notifn. No. S.O. 1216(E), dated 28th July, 2006; 1st August, 2007 [ss. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, sub-sec. (2) of s. 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79], vide notification No. S.O. 722(E), dated 7th May, 2007; 17th March, 2008 (ss. 44, 45), vide notifn. No. 517(E), dated 17th March, 2008; 18th October, 2011 (s. 46), vide notifn. No. S.O. 2397(E), dated 18th October, 2011, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). 5th February, 2021, sub-sec. (1) of s. 47, vide notifn. No. S.O. 564(E), dated 5th February, 2021, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii)
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