law: Disaster Management Act, 2005 
  Chapter I:
  
  Preliminary 
  1. Short title,
  
  extent and commencement.- 
  1.     
  
    This
  
  Act may be called the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
  2.     
  
    It
  
  extends to the whole of India.
  3.     
  
    It
  
  shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette appoint; and different dates may be
  
  appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different States, and
  
  any reference to commencement in any provision of this Act in relation to any
  
  State shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision
  
  in that State.