Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Prize Competitions Act, 1955. (2) It extends to 1 [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in] the States of Andhra, Bombay, Madras, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Hyderabad, Madhya Bharat, Patiala and East Punjab States Union and Saurashtra and all Part C States. (3) It shall come into force on such date 2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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