Section 3(1)

(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act an institution to be called the All India Institute of Medical Sciences : 6[Provided that the Central Government may, on and after the commencement of the All -India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2012 (37 of 2012) , establish by notification in the Official Gazette, such other All -India Institutes of Medical Sciences at such places as it may specify in the said notification in addition to the existing Institute and the corresponding Institutes.]