Section 1Central ActMTP
Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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. 1st April, 1972, vide notification No. G.S.R. 285, dated 19th February, 1972, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3 (i).
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