1. Short title, extent and commencement . - (1) This Act may be called the Electricity Act, 2003.
(2)It extends to the whole of India 1***. (3)It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different prov isions of this Act and any reference
in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming
into force of that provision.