Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act, 2020. (2) It shall extend to the whole of State of Karnataka. (3) Clause (a) of section 2, sub-section (3), (4), and (5) of section 5, section 9 and section 10 shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 22nd day of April, 2020.