(1) This Act may be called the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.



(2) It extends to the whole of India.



(3) It shall come into force on such date [Fn. 1] 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 any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.



FOOTNOTES :



1. Came into force on 14-12-2006, vide Statutory Orders (S.O.) 2098, dated 14th December, 2006.