Short title, extent and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be called the Puducherry Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1970. (2) It extends to the regions known as Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam in the Union territory of Puducherry. (3) It shall come into force on such 1date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:

Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act or for different areas and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed, in relation to any area, as a reference to the coming into force of that provision in such area.