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Short title, extent and commencement.-( I) This Act may be called the Kerala Forest Act, 196 I. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala: Provided that the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, exempt any place f10m the operatiOn of the whole or any portion of the Act, but not so as to affect anythmg done, or any offence committed, or any fine imposed or penalty mcurred, or any proceedmgs commenced in such place before such exemption, and may m hke manner "ary or cancel such notification. (3) It shall come into force at once.