Title:
All Acts enacted by the Parliament since the introduction of the Indian Short Titles Act, 1897 carry a long and a short title. The long title, set out at the head of a statute, gives a fairly full description of the general purpose of the Act and broadly covers the scope of the Act.
The short title, serves simply as an ease of reference and is considered a statutory nickname to obviate the necessity of referring to the Act under its full and descriptive title. Its object i s identification, and not description, of the purpose of the Act.