Short title, extent and commencement -(1) This Act may be called the

Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Disfigurement of Open Places and Prohibition of Obscene and Objectionable Posters and Advertisements Act, 1997.

1. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
2. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, appoint.