law: Government Securities Act 2006
  1.
  
  Short title, application and commencement.
  1.   This Act may be
  
  called the Government Securities Act, 2006.
  2.   This Act applies to
  
  Government securities created and issued whether before or after the
  
  commencement of this Act by the Central Government or a State Government.
  3.   It applies in the
  
  first instance to whole of the States, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir,
  
  and to all the Union territories and it shall also apply to the State of Jammu
  
  and Kashmir which adopts this Act by resolution passed in that behalf under
  
  clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution.
  4.   It shall come into
  
  force in all the States, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and in the
  
  Union territories on such date as the Central Government may, by notification
  
  in the Official Gazette, appoint and in the State of Jammu and Kashmir which
  
  adopts this Act under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution, on the
  
  date of such adoption; and any reference in this Act to the commencement of
  
  this Act shall, in relation to any State or Union territory, means the date on
  
  which this Act, comes into force in such State or Union territory.