Short title, extent and commencement :– (1)ThisAct may be called the Orissa Government Land SettlementAct, 1962.

(1) This Act may be called the Orissa Government Land Settlement Act, 1962. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Orissa. (3) The sections shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as Government may, by notification, appoint in that behalf.