law: Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984 
  Chapter I:
  
  Preliminary 
  1. Short title,
  
  extent and commencement.- 
  1.     
  
    This
  
  Act may be called the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984.
  2.     
  
    It
  
  extends to the whole of India.
  3.     
  
    It
  
  shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification
  
  in the Official Gazette, appoint.