- This Act may be called the [Tamil Nadu] [Substituted for the expression 'Madras' by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order 1970, which was deemed to have come into force on the 14th January 1969.] Forest Act, 1882.Local extent: [It extends to the whole of the [State of Tamil Nadu] [Substituted by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1957 with effect from the 1st' November 1950 for the original paragraph.]:]Provided that the [Government] [The words 'Provincial Government', were substituted for the words 'Governor in Council' by the Adaptation Order of 1937 and the word 'Provincial' was omitted by the Adaptation (Amendment) Order of 1950.] may, by notification in the [Official Gazette] [Substituted for the words 'Fort St. George Gazette' by the Adaptation Order of 1937.], exempt any place from the operation of the whole or any portion of this Act, but not so as to affect anything done or any offence committed or any fine or penalty incurred or any proceedings commenced in such place before such exemption, and may, in like manner, vary or cancel such notification;and it shall come into force on such day as the [Government] [The words 'Provincial Government', were substituted for the words 'Governor in Council' by the Adaptation Order of 1937 and the word 'Provincial' was omitted by the Adaptation (Amendment) Order of 1950.] may, by notification in the [Official Gazette] [Substituted for the words 'Fort St. George Gazette' by the Adaptation Order of 1937.], direct.Commencement of the Act. - This Act came into force on the 1st day of January 1883.Notes. - This Act was extended to the merged State of Pudukkottai by section 3 of, and the First Schedule to, the Madras Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (Madras Act XXXV of 1949). This Act was further extended to the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district by section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Forest (Amendment) Act, 1965 (Tamil Nadu Act 40 of 1965), which came into force on the 1st June 1966, repealing the corresponding law in that territory.
