Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. (3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of the Act shall come into force in such area and from such date as the Central Government may by notification appoint in this behalf, and different dates may be appointed for the coming into force of different provisions of the Act.