1. Short title and commencement.–(1) This Act maybe called the National Rural Employment
Guarantee (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir*) Act, 2007.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different areas in the State and any
reference to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of
that Act in such areas.
2. Extension and amendment of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005.–(1) The
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005) (hereinafter referred to as the principal
Act) and all rules, orders and schemes made there under by the Central Government are hereby extended
to, and shall be in force in, the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
(2) With effect from the date of commencement of this Act, in the principal Act, in sub-section (2) of
section 1, the words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*” shall be omitted.
3. Construction of reference to a law not in force in Jammu and Kashmir.–Any reference in any
Act mentioned in the principal Act to a law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir*
shall, in relation to that State, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that
State.
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