# Dowry Prohibition, act, Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement

- Act: Dowry Prohibition, act (Act 28 of 1961)
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## Text

(1) This Act may be called the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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