(1) This Act may be called the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).