Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Pawnbrokers Act, 1943. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu. (3) This section shall come into force at once, and the State Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Fort St. George Gazette, apply the remaining provisions of this Act to the whole or any portion of the State of Tamil Nadu from such date as may be specified in the notification, and may cancel or modify any such notification. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Pawnbrokers and Debt Relief Laws (Amendment) Act, 1980. (2) Clauses (1) and (3) of section 3 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 13th day of June 1980 and the rest of this Act shall come into force at once.