Short title, extent, commencement and application.

(1)This Act may be called the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

(2)It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

(3)It shall come into force on such date¹ as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States and for different provisions of this Act.

(4)Save as otherwise expressly provided by the Central Government by notification, this Act shall apply to all goods and services.

Footnotes (from the official text)

¹ 15th April, 1987, vide notification No. S.O. 390(E), dated 15th April, 1987 in respect of Chapters I, II and IV, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). 1st July, 1987, vide notification No. S.O. 568(E), dated 10th June, 1987 in respect of Chapter III, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).