(1) This Act may be called the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987.

(2) It shall come into force on such date¹ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

1. 28th March, 1988, vide notification No. S.O. 317 (E), dated 28th March, 1988, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).