law: The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016
  Chapter I
  Preliminary
  1. Short title, extent and commencement.-
  (1) This Act may be called the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.
  (2) It extends to the whole of India.
  (3) It shall come into force on such 1date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
  1. 12th October 2017, vide Notification No. S.O.3295(E) dated 12th October 2017, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,  Section 3 (ii).