(1)This Act may be called the Assam Opium Smoking Act, 1927.(2)It extends to the whole of Assam, excluding the tribal areas specified in the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution :Provided that the state Government may, by notification, extend the Act to the aforesaid territories or any parts thereof with effect from such date or dates as may be specified in the notification.
