LawgistThe Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act
1Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.
(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 & Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
2 1st April, 2010, vide notification No. S.O. 428(E), dated 16th February, 2010, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
