(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in said Act or in any Judgment, decree or order of any Court or Tribunal or any other authority or notification or order issued by the Collector to the contrary, all notices given, inquires held, proceedings conducted, disputes decided, orders passed and all actions taken or done by any Deputy Collector under any section of the said Act, by exercising powers of Collector before the commencement of this Act shall, for all 1 purposes, be deemed to be and to have always been validly given, held, conducted, decided, passed, taken or done, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.
(2) No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie or be maintained or continued in any Court or any Tribunal or any other authority for challenging or questioning the validity of any notice given, inquiry held, proceeding conducted, dispute decided, order passed or action taken by a Deputy Collector under the said Act, before the commencement of this Act, and no Court or Tribunal or any authority shall enforce or recognize any decree drawn, Judgment or order passed declaring any such action taken or things done as invalid or unlawful.
Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa.
Dated: 14-09-2015 S. G. MARATHE, Joint Secretary (Law) and Link- Law Secretary to the Government of Goa, Law Department (Legal Affairs).
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