Section - 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
[COST ACCOUNTANTS] ACT, 1959ACT NO. 23 OF 1959, DATED 19-5-1959An Act to make provision for the [regulation and development of the profession of cost accountants].BE it enacted by Parliament in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-CHAPTER IPRELIMINARYShort title, extent and commencement.1. (1) This Act may be called the [Cost Accountants] Act, 1959;(2) It extends to the whole of India [***];(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
*With effect from 28-5-1959.
1. Substituted for "Cost and Works Accountants" by the Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2022, w.e.f. 10-5-2022.
2. Substituted for "regulation of the profession of cost and works accountants" by the Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2022, w.e.f. 10-5-2022.
3. Words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by the Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1968, w.e.f. 15-8-1968.
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