(1) This Act may be called the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).