(1)

This Act may be called The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885.

(2)

[ It extends to the whole of India [* * *] [Substituted by Act 45 of 1948, Section 2, for sub-Section (2) (w.e.f. 3.9.1948).].]

(3)

It shall come into force on the first day of October, 1885.