law: The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003
  1. Short title, extent and commencement.-
  (1) This Act may be called the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003.
  (2) It extends to the whole of India.
  (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
  1. 1st December, 2007, sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of sec. 7, ss. 8, 9, 10 and 20, vide notification No. S.O. 1955(E), dated 16th November, 2007, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec 3(ii).