Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958.

(2) It extends to the whole of India [Omitted] .

(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different parts of the State.