1. Short title, extent and commencement.-

(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Live-Stock Improvement Act, 1961.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.

(3) This section shall come into force at once, and the Government may, from time to time by notification in the Gazette, apply all or any of the remaining provisions of this Act to the whole or any portion of the state of Kerala from such date and for such period, if any, as may be specified in the notification, and may cancel or modify any such notification.