Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Telangana District Boards Act, 1955. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Hyderabad except areas legally included within the jurisdiction of Corporations constituted under the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1950, or of any Cantonment or of any City Municipal Committee or Town Municipal Committee constituted under the Hyderabad Municipal and Town Committees Act, 1951 or of a Mines Board of Health. (3) It shall come into force on such date as may be specified by Government by notification in the official Gazette.