(1) All laws which i}lllllediately before the appointed day ·extend to, or are in force in, the areas specified against items 1, 2 a,nd 3 of the Schedule to this Act, shall, as from the appointed .day, cease to be ill fon;e in the said areas except as respects things done or omitted to be done before that day :
... , Provided that notwithstanding such repeal, every suit, appeal, application for revision, proceedings and other business relating to both -civil and criminaL justice, ~'pending on the appointed day before the Court of the . Political Officer or his Assistants exercising jurisdiction over the said ·areas, shall be transferred or ·deemed to. ·have been transferred, for disposal to th~ .Court of the Deputy Commissioner, Darrang or Lakhimpur District or the Additional Deputy Com missioner of the district concerned or to Courts subordinate to it or to the Court of the Sessions Judge or a Civit Court having jurisdiction over the district of Darrang or Lakhimpur, as the _ case may be, which wouid have been compe ~nt to entertain and dispose of such suit, appeal, application for revision, pro ceedings or business, had this :Act been in ~force on the date of institution or commencement of the same and the latter Court shall deal with and dispose of ~e same in accordance with law ; -
(2) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are , in force in the Darrang district shall, as from the appoin!ed day, extend to er, as the case may be, come into force in, the area specified against- item 1 in the Schedule to this Act.
;*For Statement of Objects and Reasons see "Assam Gazette., ·Extraordinary", March .13, 1951, page 30-31.
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(3) All Jaws which immediately before the appointed clay extend to, or are in force in , Lh e Lakhimpur district, shall, as from tbe app.-ij nLed day, extend to or, as Lh c cnsc may be, come into fo rce rn , die areas spc c il: .~ d against items 2 ancl 3 in the Sc:hedulc lo this Act.