Section 1Short title, application and commencement

s. 1

1. Short title, application and commencement (1) This Ordinance may be called the Post Office National Savings Certificates Ordinance, 1944. (2) It applies to- (a) Post Office Twelve-Year National Savings Certificates issued in pursuance of the Notification of the Government of India in the Finance Department, No. F. 17(100)-F/43, dated the 4th September, 1943, and (b) any other classes of savings certificates to which the Government may from time to time by notification in the official Gazette direct that the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply. (3) It shall come into force at once.