Section 1 in The Orissa Communal Forest and Private Lands (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1948
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
(1)This Act may be called the Orissa Communal Forest and Private Lands (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1948.(2)It extends to the whole of the [State of Orissa except the district of Sambalpur] [It also extends to the partially excluded areas of Ganjam Agency, district of Koraput, Angul and Khondmals vide Notification No. 2910R./13.3.1949 published vide Orissa Gazette, 1948 Part III.].(3)It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1946.
