Short title, extent, commencement and application

(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification appoint. (4) (a) It shall apply, in the first instance, to the areas specified in the Schedule to this Act, and to such other areas in which any of the Acts repealed by section 42 applied. (b) It shall apply to any other area with effect from such date as the State Government may by notification specify which date shall not be earlier than the expiry of three months from the date of publication of such notification in the official Gazette.