(1) This Act may be called the Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007.

(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification, in the Official Gazette, appoint. 1. 1st August, 2009, vide notification No. S.O. 1871(E), dated 31st July, 2009, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3(ii).