(1)This Act may be called the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.
(2)It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
(3)It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.