(1) This Act may be called the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.

¹[(2) It extends to the whole of India ² ***.]

(3) It shall come into force on such date³ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.

1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir " omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
3. 1st July, 1949, vide Notification No. I OA (4)/49, dated 1st June, 1949, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i)