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(1) This Act may be called the Disaster Management
Act, 2005.
(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 provisions of this Act and
for different States, and any reference to commencement in any provision of this Act in relation to any
State shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision in that State.
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1. 28th July, 2006 (ss. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 75, 77, 79), vide notification No. S.O. 1216(E), dated 28th July, 2006; *1st August, 2007 [ss. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, sub-sec. (2) of s. 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79], vide notification No. S.O. 722(E), dated 7th May, 2007; *17th March, 2008 (ss. 44, 45), vide notification No. 517(E), dated 17th March, 2008; *18th October, 2011 (s. 46), vide notification No. S.O. 2397(E), dated 18th October, 2011, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).