section 1
Short title, extent, application and commencement.
The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010Infrastructure201049 sections7 chapters
Chapter I PRELIMINARY
Statutory text
- (1) This Act may be called the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010.
- (2) It extends to the whole of India.
- (3) It also applies to nuclear damage suffered--
- (a) in or over the maritime areas beyond the territorial waters of India;
- (b) in or over the exclusive economic zone of India as referred to in section 7 of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and Other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (80 of 1976);
- (c) on board or by a ship registered in India under section 22 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958) or under any other law for the time being in force;
- (d) on board or by an aircraft registered in India under clause (d) of sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934) or under any other law for the time being in force;
- (e) on or by an artificial island, installation or structure under the jurisdiction of India.
- (4) It applies only to the nuclear installation owned or controlled by the Central Government either by itself or through any authority or corporation established by it or a Government company. Explanation.--For the purposes of this sub-section, "Government company" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (bb) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962).
- (5) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
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