Power of State Government to apply the provisions of this Act to buffalo-bulls.

The State Government may , by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that all or any of the provisions of the Act which have been brought into force in any area under section 1 shall apply to buffalo-bulls in such area from the date specified in such notification, and thereupon references to bulls and cows in the provisions of this Act so applied shall be construed as including references to buffalo-bulls and buffalo-cows respectively and this Act shall apply accordingly.