law: The Employee's Compensation Act, 1923
  Chapter I
  Preliminary
  1. Short title, extent and commencement.-
  (1) This Act may be called the 4[Employee's] Compensation Act, 1923.
  5[(2) It extends to the whole of India 6***.]
  (3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1924.
  4. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "Workmen's" (w.e.f. 18-1-2010 )
  5. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
  6. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).