The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

1. Short  title, extent  and commencement,

1. This  Act may  be  called the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
2. It extends to the whole of India.
3. It  shall come  into force  on such  date1*  as  the  Central  Government may,  by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and  different dates may be appointed for different State and any reference  in this  Act to  the commencement  of this Act shall, in relation to a  State, be  construed as  a reference  to the coming into force of this  Act in that State.