Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Livestock and Birds' Diseases Act, 1948. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Haryana. (3) This section shall come into force at once in the principal territories and the State Government may by notification bring the rest of the Act; or any part of it into force therein or in any area thereof on such date and for such period as may be specified in the notification, and in the transferred territories this section shall come into force on the 27th January, 1959.