This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Himachal Pradesh, except the areas administered by a municipality. [(2-A) In their application to the scheduled areas in the State as referred to in clause (1) of Article 244 of the Constitution of India, the remaining provisions of this Act shall apply, subject to the provisions of Chapter VI-A of this Act.]  (3) It shall come into force on such date5 as the Government may, by notification, appoint. 2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) “annual value” means,- (i) double the land revenue for the time being assessed on any land, whether the assessment is leviable or not; or (ii) where the land revenue has been permanently assessed, or has been wholly or in part compounded or redeemed, double the amount which, but for such permanent assessment, composition or redemption, would have been leviable or where no land revenue has been assessed, double the amount which, would have been assessed if the average village rate had been applied.