1Short title, extent, application and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024.
(2) It extends to the whole of India and applies to---
(a) citizens of India wherever they may be;
(b) the aircraft, and the persons on aircraft, registered in India wherever they may be;
(c) the aircraft, and the persons on aircraft, registered outside India, but for the time being in or over India; and
(d) an aircraft operated by a person who is not a citizen of India but has his principal place of business or permanent residence in India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date¹ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.