Short title, extent, application and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Stage Carriages and Contract Carriages (Acquisition) Act, 1973. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu. (3) It shall apply to all stage carriages and contract carriages operating in this State on the 14th January 1973. (4) (a) This section and sections 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall, be deemed to have come into force in the whole of this State on the 14th January 1973. (b) The rest of this Act shall,- (i) in relation to its application to the contract carriages, come into force in the whole of this State on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint; (ii) in relation to its application to the stage carriages in the Nilgiris district, be deemed to have come into force on the 14th January 1973 ; and (iii) in relation to its application to the stage carriages in any other district in this State, come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different districts in this State and for different provisions of this Act.