Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Tanjore Pannaiyal Protection Act, 1952. (2) It shall extend to the district of Tanjore and to the adjoining districts in the State of Tamil Nadu, on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint: Provided that the Government may, by notification, direct that, with effect from such date as may be specified therein, this Act shall cease to apply to any specified area in the district of Tanjore or to any other specified area elsewhere in which this Act may have been brought into force.