Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Nurses Act, 1966. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra. (3)(a) Section 1 shall come into force at once. (b) The remaining provisions of this Act (except Chapters V and VI) shall come into force on such date1 as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. (c) Chapter V shall come into force in the Bombay area on the date on which the remaining provisions come into force under clause (b); but that Chapter shall come into force in the rest of the State on such subsequent date as the State Government may, by like notification, appoint. (d) Chapter VI shall come into force on such date subsequent to the date referred to in clause (b) as the State Government may, by like notification, appoint.