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(1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled extent and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. commence- ment. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu & Kash- mir. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Definitions.