(1) This Act may be called the Assam University Act, 1989.

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

1. 15th January, 1994, vide notification No. G.S.R. 23(E), dated 15th January, 1994, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).