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Short title, extend and commencement. -- (1) This Act may be called the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of India 2[* * *] (3) It shall come into force on such date as may be notified in this behalf in the Official Gazette, -- 3[(a) in relation to mines and to any other establishment wherein persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances, by the Central Government, and] (b) in relation to other establishments in s State, by the State Government. NOTES. – This Act came into force in relation to mines in the territories to which it extends on the 1st. November 1963 – Vide S.O. No. 2920, dated 5th. October, 1963, published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Sec. 3 (ii), dated 12th. October, 1963. This Act came into force in the whole of Uttar Pradesh with effect from 22nd. February 1974, vide notification No. 512 (V)-2/36-5-13 (V) 72, dated 22nd. February 1974.