(1) On the commencement of the Bombay Land Requisition (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1959, the Central Provinces and Berar Accommodation (Requisition) Act, 1948, in its application to the vidarbha region of the 2[State of Bombay], shall stand repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, any accommodation which immediately before such repeal is subject to requisition under the repealed Act, shall thereafter be deemed to be requisitioned under this Act, and the State Government may use or deal with any such requisitioned accommodation for any public purpose in such manner as may appear to it to be expedient :
Provided that the State Government may at any time release from requisition any such requisitioned accommodation.
20B. For removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of the Bombay Requisitioned Property (Continuance of Powers ) (Saurashtra Area) Act, 1958 or of any law relating to acquisition or requisitioning of property for the time being in force in the 43[State of Gujarat ] or any part thereof.