Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Panchayat Act, 1993. (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim except the areas which may hereafter be declared as or included in the Nagar Panchayat. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different areas and for different provisions of the Act.