Short title, extent, commencement and application.

(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1968. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat. (3) (a) Parts I, II, III, VI and VII of this Act shall come into force at once in the whole of the State of Gujarat and shall apply to all persons referred to therein. (b) Part IV shall come into force on such date and shall apply to such class of persons and in such areas as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. (c) Part V shall come into force in the Bombay Area of the State of Gujarat and shall apply to all persons referred to therein. It shall come into force in such other area of the State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and on such application it shall apply to all persons referred to therein.