(1) This Act may be called the 1[Karnataka]1 Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961.
1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
(2) It shall extend to the whole of the 1[State of Karnataka]1
1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
(3) (a) (i) Part I and section 29 of Part VII of this Act shall come into force at once in the whole of the 1[State of Karnataka]1.
1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
(ii) Parts II, III, V and VI and the remaining sections of Part VII of this Act shall come into force in the whole of the 1[State of Karnataka]1 on such 1[date]1 as the State Government may by notification appoint.
1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
(b) Part IV shall come into force on such 1[date]1 and shall apply to such class of persons only in such areas as the State Government may by notification specify.
1. Parts specified in section 1(3)(a)(ii) of the Act came into force w.e.f. 16.8.1968 by Notification No. PHS 22 MAA 62 dt. 30.7.1968