Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Nagarjunasagar Project (Acquisition of Land) Act, 1956. (2) (a) It extends to the districts of Guntur, Kurnool, Nellore, Nalgonda and Khammam in the State of Andhra Pradesh. (b) The Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette extend all or any of the provisions of this Act to any other district in the said State on such date as they may appoint.