The Act has been brought into force as follows:— — THE MOTOR TRANSPORT WORKERS ACT, 1961

2. The Act has been brought into force as follows:— 26th January, 1962 , vide notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962 , see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii) , in Madhya Pradesh. 1st February, 1962 , vide notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962 , see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii), in Assam , Kerala , Mysore , Orissa , Punjab , Andaman & Nicobar Islands , Delhi and Himachal Pradesh . 1st March, 1962 , vide notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962 , see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii), in West Bengal . 31st March, 1962 , vide notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962 , see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii), in Madras , Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. 1st February, 1962 , vide notification No. S.O. 310, dated 30th January, 1962 , see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii), in Andhra Pradesh. 1st February, 1962 , vide notification No. S.O. 382, dated 31st January, 1962 , see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii), in Rajasthan. 15th February, 1962 vide notification No. S.O. 468, dated 9th February, 1962 Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, , , see sec. 3(ii), in Tripura. 1st March, 1962 , vide notification No. S.O. 573, dated 16th February, 1962 , see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii), in Bihar . 31st March, 1962 , vide notification No. S.O. 781, dated 9th March, 1962 , see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii), in Gujarat and Manipur this Act has been extended in its application to the Union territory Goa, Daman and Diu by the Act 11 of 1963, s. 3 and the Schedule (w.e.f 1-2-1965).

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