Short title, extent and commencement

Preliminary

1. (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Panchayat Act, 1982.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim except the areas which have been or may hereafter be declared as, or included in, the Municipal Corporation under the provisions of the Gangtok Municipal Corporation Act, 1975 or as a cantonment under the provisions of the Cantonment Act, 1924 or as a Bazar Area under the provisions of the Sikkim Bazar Committees Act, 1969.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different areas or different provisions of the Act and any reference to the commencement of any provision of this Act shall be construed as reference to the date on which such provision is brought into force in such areas: