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(1) If the State Government is satisfied that it is necessary in public interest so to do, it may, by order published in the Official Gazette and for reasons to be recorded in such order, exempt any procurement or a class or category of procurements or a class or category of procuring entities from the application of all or any of the provisions of this Act.
(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before the House of the State Legislature.
Savings.- All rules, regulations, orders, notifications, departmental codes, manuals, bye-laws, official memoranda or circulars relating to procurement of goods, services or works provided for in this Act, which are in force on the date of commencement of this Act, shall continue to be in force to the extent they are consistent with the provisions of this Act, until they are repealed or superseded by any rule, guideline, notification or order, as the case may be, made or issued under this Act.
S.M. BUZAR BARUAH, Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam, Legislative Department, Dispur.
Guwahati :- Printed and Published by the Dy. Director (P & S), Directorate of Printing & Stationery, Assam, Guwahati-21.
Ex. Gazette No. 281 - 200 + 10 - 11 - 04 - 2017.
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