law: Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 
  Chapter I:
  
  Preliminary 
  1. Short title,
  
  extent, application and commencement.- 
  1.     
  
    This
  
  Act may be called the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010.
  2.     
  
    It
  
  extends to the whole of India.
  3.     
  
    It
  
  also applies to nuclear damage suffered--
  a.     
  
    in
  
  or over the maritime areas beyond the territorial waters of India;
  b.    
  
    in
  
  or over the exclusive economic zone of India as referred to in section 7 of the
  
  Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and Other
  
  Maritime Zones Act, 1976;
  c.     
  
    on
  
  board or by a ship registered in India under section 22 of the Merchant
  
  Shipping Act, 1958 or under any other law for the time being in force;
  d.    
  
    on
  
  board or by an aircraft registered in India under clause (d) of sub-section (2)
  
  of section 5 of the Aircraft Act, 1934 or under any other law for the time
  
  being in force;
  e.     
  
    on
  
  or by an artificial island, installation or structure under the jurisdiction of
  
  India.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
  
  4.     
  
    It
  
  applies only to the nuclear installation owned or controlled by the Central
  
  Government either by itself or through any authority or corporation established
  
  by it or a Government company.
  Explanation.--For the purposes of this
  
  sub-section, "Government company" shall have the same meaning as
  
  assigned to it in clause (bb) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Atomic
  
  Energy Act, 1962.
  5.     
  
    It
  
  shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification, 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 reference to the coming into
  
  force of that provision.