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Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
The Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988
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1. Short title, extent and commencement. 1[(1) This Act may be called the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988.] (2) It extends to the whole of India 2***. (3) The provisions of sections 3, 5 and 8 shall come into force at once, and the remaining provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 19th day of May, 1988.