(1) This Act may be called the Coconut Development Board Act, 1979.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

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

1. 12th January, 1981, vide notification No. G.S.R. 13(E), dated 12th January, 1981, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).