Section 1 in The Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
(1)This Act may be called the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952.(2)[ It extends to that area of the State of Punjab which is adjacent to and is within a distance of ten miles on all sides from the outer boundary of the land acquired for the Capital of the State at Chandigarh as that Capital and State existed immediately before the 1st November, 1966.] [Substituted by Punjab Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order 1968.](3)It shall come into force at once.
