(1) This Act may be called the Tobacco Board Act, 1975.

(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:

Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different States or different parts thereof.

1 28th August, 1976, vide notification No. S.O. 3141, dated 20th August, 1976, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
This Act has been extended to the States of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in respect of ss. 10 and 11 and ss. 12, 14 and 15 in the whole of India.