(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1981.
(2) It shall,-
(i) be deemed to have come into force in the cities of Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwar, Mangalore and Belgaum constituted or continued under the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 or under any other law, on the fifth day of May 1981; and 1[(i-a) come in to force in any other area falling within municipal corporation area or Larger urban area declared under the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977) or areas falling under the Bangalore Development Authority or any other Urban Development Authority or any other Local Planning Authority constituted under relevant Law in force from such date as may be notified by the State Government.]1
(ii) come into force in the municipalities, notified areas, sanitary boards, constituted or continued under the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 or under any other law, or in any other local area, on such date, as the State Government may by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed in respect of different areas.
1. Inserted by Act 11 of 2020 w.e.f. 27.04.2020 4