Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the United Provinces except the area, which has been, or may hereafter be, declared as, or included in 1 [a city under the Uttar Pradesh, Nagar Mahapalika Adhiniyam, 1959, or] a municipality 2(or) notified area under the provisions of the United Provinces Municipalities Act, 1916, or as a cantonment under the provisions of the Cantonments Act, 1924, or as a town area under the United Provinces Town Areas Act, 1914. 3 [ x x x ] (3) It shall come into force at once.