(1) This Act may be called the Public Debt 1***
Act, 1944.
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(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
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(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
1. The brackets and words "(Central Government)" omitted by Act 6 of 1949, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-4-1949).
2. Sub-section (2) omitted by Act 57 of 1956, s. 3 (w.e.f. 15-10-1956).
3. 1st May, 1946, see Gazette of India, 1946, Pt. I. p. 575.