Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

1. (a) "Commission" means the National Commission for Minorities constituted under section 3;
2. (b) "Member" means a Member of the Commission 1 [and includes the Vice-Chairperson];
3. (c) "minority", for the purposes of this Act, means a community notified as such by the Central Government;
4. (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.