1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Pharmacy Act, 1948.
(2) It extent to the whole of Indian except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) It shall come into force at once but Chapter III, IV, and V shall take effect in a particular State from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf :
Provided that where on account of the territorial changes brought about by the reorganization of State on the 1st day of November, 1956, Chapters III, IV and V have effect only in a part of a State, the said Chapters shall take effect in the remaining part of that State from such date as the State Government may in like manner appoint. |
