Section 1 — Short title, extent and com- mencement

(1) This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Registration of Contractors Act, 1956.

(2) It shall extend to the [whole of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir].

[(3) It shall come into force from such date as the [Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] may, by notification in the * [Government Gazette], appoint in this behalf.]