Short title, extent and duration

(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Temporary Increase in Taxes on Motor Vehicles and Passengers Act, 1972. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra. (3) It shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the 31st day of March 1973, and shall then expire. Section 7 of the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904, shall apply upon the expiry of this Act as if it had then been repealed by a Maharashtra Act.