# The Essential Commodities Act, Section 1: Short title and extent

- Act: The Essential Commodities Act (Act 10 of 1955)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/essential-commodities-act/section/1/

## Text

(1 ) This Act may be called the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. (2 ) It extends to the whole of India 2 ** *

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