(1)This Act may be called the Prize Competitions Act, 1955.
(2)It extends to 2[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in] the States of Andhra, Bombay, Madras, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Hyderabad, Madhya Bharat, Patiala and East Punjab States Union and Saurashtra and all Part C States.
(3)It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.