(1) This Act may be called the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959.

(2) It extends to the whole of India ¹****;

(3) It shall come into force on such date² as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir " omitted by Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
2. 28th May, 1959, vide notification No. G.S.R. 610, dated 25th May, 1959, see Gazette of India, Extraordinry, Part II, sec. 3(i).