Short title, extent and commencement: This Act may be called ![the Mahatma Gandhi — THE MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT, 2005

Short title, extent and commencement: This Act may be called ![the Mahatma Gandhi

1. Short title, extent and commencement: This Act may be called ![the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act], 2005. (2) It extends to the whole of India 2*** (3) It shall come into force on such date:3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different States or for different areas in a State and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision in such State O, as the case may be, in such area: Provided that this Act shall be applicable to the whole of the territory to which it extends within a period of five years from the date of enactment of this Act:

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