Section 1. Short title, extent and Commencement

1. (1) This Act may be called the United Provinces Encumbered Estates act, 1934. (2) It extends to the whole of 3[ Uttar Pradesh]4[* * *] except the districts of Garhwal and Almora, the Naini Tal Tahsil of the Naini Tal District and the tract of JaunsarBawar of the Dehra Dun District. (3) (a) This chapter and Chapter III shall come into force on such date5 as may be notified in the 6[official Gazette] by the 7[State Government] in that behalf. (b) The remaining chapters shall come into force on the expiry of a period of one year from the date notified under the provisions of clause (a) : Provided that the 1[State Government] may from time to time by notification in the 2[official Gazette] bring the said chapters into effect in any district or districts on any earlier date or dates.