Section 1
Short title, extent and commencement
Chapter 1: Preliminary
(1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
(2) It extends to the whole of India2 * *.
(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Act No. 33 of 1989). From the updated text on India Code, with later amendments. Being checked against the official copy; amendment notes are not shown yet.