1 Short title, extent and Commencement CST

CHAPTER I

Preliminary

1 Short title, extent and Commencement

(1) This Act may be called

the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956.

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

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.