Short title and extent

In force Act 10 of 1955 As on 20 Oct 2026

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Act 10 of 1955

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Punjab's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Essential Commodities Act, 1955, which is the record this site keeps current.

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Section 1 of the Essential Commodities Act deals with short title and extent. This Act may be called the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

(1 ) This Act may be called the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. (2 ) It extends to the whole of India 2 ** *
Section 1, The Essential Commodities Act (Act 10 of 1955).

Questions about Section 1

What does Section 1 of the Essential Commodities Act deal with?

Section 1 of the Essential Commodities Act is headed "Short title and extent". This Act may be called the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

How do I find court cases under Section 1 of the Essential Commodities Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Essential Commodities Act 1, section 1 Essential Commodities Act, section 1 of the Essential Commodities Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

When was the Essential Commodities Act enacted?

Essential Commodities Act was enacted in 1955 as Act 10 of 1955. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/c6de0262-54cc-4b84-adaa-567fdb48b2a4.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/8f68770d-cd71-40fd-b19e-aa46897c6000/content). This page is not a substitute for legal advice.