(1) This Act may be called the Credit Information
Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date 1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference
in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming
into force of that provision.
1 14th December, 2006, vide notification No. S.O. 2098(E), dated 14th December, 2006, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, sec. 3(ii).