Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement

1 - This Act may be called the Designs Act, 2000.

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; and 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.