Short title, extent, application and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Telangana except,- (a) the Municipal Corporations governed by any law relating to Municipal Corporations for the time being in force in the State; (b) the Municipalities governed by the law relating to municipalities for the time being in force in the State; (c) a Notified area declared under section 389A of the Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965; (d) the mining settlements governed by the Telangana Mining Settlements Act, 1956; and (e) the cantonments governed by the Cantonments Act, 2006. (3) In their application to the Scheduled Areas in the State as referred to in clause (1) of article 244 of the Constitution of India; the remaining provisions of this Act shall apply subject to the provisions of Part VII of this Act. (4) It shall come into force on such date and in such area as the Government may, by notification in the Telangana Gazette, appoint and they may appoint different dates for different areas and for different provisions.