The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act,1954
[Act No. 37 of 1954]
[29th September 1954]
An Act to make provision for the prevention of adulteration of food
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifth Year of the Republic, of India as follow:
Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act,1954.
(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 the Act 41 of 197 1. Sec. 2 (w.e.f. 26tb January,1972).
2. lst June,1955; see notification No. S.R.O. 1085, dated 9th May 1955, Gazette of India, Pt. 11 Sec. 3, P. 874. The Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, Sec. 2 and Sch.1, to Pondicherry by Reg, 7 of 1963, Sec. 3 and Sch. 1, to Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 11 of 1963, Sec, 3 and Schedule and to Kohima and Mokokchung district in Nagaland by Act 24 of 1972, Sec. 2 (w.e. f. 1st April. 1973).
