Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Silkworm Diseases (Prevention and Eradication) Act, 1948. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu. (3) This section shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force— (a) at once, in the Hosur taluk of the Salem district; and (b) in any other part of the State of Tamil Nadu, on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint. (4) The Government may, by notification, repeal all or any of the remaining provisions aforesaid from any part of the State of Tamil Nadu, with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification, but the repeal shall not be deemed to affect the power of the Government to extend the provisions so repealed to such part under sub-section (3), clause (b).