1. Short title, extent and commencement.
(1)This Act may be called the Geographical
Indications of Goods (Registra tion and Protection) Act, 1999. (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, and
any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a ref erence to
the comin g into force of that provision.