Short title, commencement and application.

(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Prohibition of Maintenance of Private Armed Force Act, 1989. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st December, 1988. (3) It shall apply in the first instance to areas within the jurisdiction of a gram panchayat and a nagar panchayat, but the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, apply the provisions of this Act to such other areas in the State and with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification.