Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Cattle Trespass Act, 1961. (2) (a) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala; (b) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, exclude any area from the operation of this Act from such date as may be specified therein. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.