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(1) This Act may be called the Indecent Representation
of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
(2) It extends to the whole of India, 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
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1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
2. 2nd October, 1987, vide notification No G.S.R. 821(E), dated 25th September, 1987, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).