Short title, extent, commencement and withdrawal.

(1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Show Houses and Public Halls (Prohibition of Smoking) Act, 1981. (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim. (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 or places in Sikkim. (4) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification, this Act shall cease to be in operation in any or all such areas and places in which it has been enforced under sub-section (3) and the provisions of section 20 of the Sikkim Interpretation and General Clauses Act, 1977, shall have effect as if the Act had then been repealed in that area or place by a Sikkim Act. (5) The powers conferred on the State Government under sub-section (3) may be exercised in respect of the same or different areas or places as often as occasion requires.