Disaster Management Act

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THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005 [Act No. 53 of 2005] [23rd December, 2005] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the effective management of disasters and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- (1) This Act may be called the Disaster Management Act, 2005. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) [1] It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette appoint; and different dates [2] may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different States, and any reference to commencement in any provision of this Act in relation to any State shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision in that State. Footnotes ^ Enforcement date for the Sections 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 35, 36, 37, 42, 43, 49, 50, Sub-section (1) of Section 70 and Section 76 of Disaster Management Act, 2005 as per notification no. SO1861(E) dated 30.10.2006, is 30.10.2006. Enforcement date for the Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56,