Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) Ths Act may be called the Himachai Pradesh Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smokers Health Protection Act, 1997. (2) It extends to the whole of the Himachal Pradesh. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by Notification in the Official Gazette, appoint ; Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.