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(1) This Act may be called the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003. (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. The provisions of sections 1 to 5, 6(a), 12(1)(b), 12(2), 13(1)(b), 13(2), 14, 16, 19 and 21 to 31 came into force on 01/05/2004 vide S.O. 238 (E), dated 25th February, 2004.