Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Animals and Birds in Urban Areas (Control and Regulation) Act, 1997. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu. (3) It shall come into force- (a) at once in the City of Chennai; and (b) in other urban areas on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different urban areas and any reference in this Act to the commencement of this Act shall, in relation to an urban area, be construed as a reference to the coming into force of this Act in that urban area.