Section 3. Extension with amendments of certain laws to Pondicherry and their commencement therein.

(1) The Acts specified in Part I of the Schedule as they are generally in force in the territories to which they extend and the Acts specified in Part II of the Schedule as they were in force on the 1st day of August, 1966, in the State or Union territory mentioned there against shall extend to Pondicherry, subject to the modifications, if any, specified in the Schedule. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), or in the relevant provision, if any, of each such Act for the commencement thereof, the provisions of each such Act shall come into force in Pondicherry on such date as the Administrator may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of any Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of the Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.