law: The Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 
  Chapter I: Preliminary
  1. Short title,
  
  application and commencement. – 
  1.     
  
    This
  
  Act may be called the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation)
  
  Act, 2010.
  2.     
  
    It
  
  applies, in the first instance, to the whole of the States of Arunachal
  
  Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Sikkim and the Union territories; and it
  
  shall apply to such other State which adopts this Act by resolution passed in
  
  that behalf under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution.
  3.     
  
    It
  
  shall come into force at once in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal
  
  Pradesh, Mizoram and Sikkim and the Union territories, on such date as the
  
  Central Government may, by notification, appoint and in any other State 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, mean the date on
  
  which this Act comes into force in such State or Union territory: Provided that
  
  different dates may be appointed for different categories of clinical
  
  establishments and for different recognised systems of medicine.