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(1) This Act may be called the Companies Act, 1956. (2) It shall come into force on such date [1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 1A[(3) It extends to the whole of India:] [x x x x] [Provided [x x x x] that it shall apply to the State of Nagaland subject to such modifications, if any, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.] Came into force on 1st April, 1956, vide Notification No. S.R.O. 612, dated 08/03/1956, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1956, Pt. II, Section 3, p. 473. Substituted by Act 62 of 1956, Section 2 and Schedule for sub-section (3), w.e.f. 01/11/1956. First proviso omitted by Act 25 of 1968, Section 2 and Schedule, w.e.f. 15/08/1968. Inserted by Act 31 of 1965, Section 2, w.e.f. 15/10/1965. The word "further" omitted by Act 25 of 1968, Section 2 and Schedule, w.e.f. 15/08/1968.