SECTION 1 - SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT

VERY BASIC SECTION -

SECTION 1 IS SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT -

(1)This Act may be called the Companies Act, 1956.

(2) It shall come into force on such date¹ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

²[(3) It extends to the whole of India:]

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⁴[Provided ⁵[***] that it shall apply to the State of Nagaland subject to such modifications, if any, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.]

1.Came into force on 1-4-1956 vide S.R.O. 612, dated 8th March, 1956, published in the Gazette of India, Extra. 1956, Pt.II, sec. 3, p. 473.

2. Subs. by Act 62 of 1956, sec. 2 and Sch., for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

3. First proviso omitted by Act 25 of 1968, sec. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).

4. Ins. by Act 31 of 1965, sec. 2 (w.e.f. 15-10-1965).

5. The word "further" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, sec. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 15-8-1968)

EXPLANATION - 

THIS IS JUST THE EXPLANATION -

   IT TALKS ABOUT -  The Title.

   The thing which is to be noted over here is

 NOTIFICATION IN THE OFFICIAL GAZZETTE - Whenever government makes any amendment it specifies in the Official Gazzettee

What is this Gazettee - 

In simple words - The word "gazette" is used as a meaning to announce or publish or to make public aware -