(1)This Act may be called the Indian Lighthouse Act, 1927.(2)It extends to the whole of India [***] [The words "except Part B States" omitted by the Act 18 of 1953, Section 2.].(3)It shall come into force on such [date] [1st April, 1929, see Gazette of India, 1929, Part I, page 96.] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
