Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Orissa Survey and Settlement Act, 1958. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Orissa. (3) This section shall come into force at once. The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that all or any of the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force in such area and on such date as may be specified in the notification.