(1)This Act may be called the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
(2)It extends to the whole of India 1***.
(3)It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that the date so notified shall not be earlier than sixty days after the date of publication of 3[the said notification] in the Official Gazette.