CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Short title, extent and commencement .
1. (1) This Act may be called the Wealth-tax Act, 1957.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1957
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1 Short title, extent and commencement
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