(1) This Act may be called the Bombay Requisitioned Property (Continuance of Powers) (Saurashtra Area) Act, 1958.
(2) It extends to the Saurashtra area of the State of Bombay.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April 1958, and shall cease to have effect on the 31st day of 2[December 1963], except as respects things done or omitted to be done before the latter date ; and section 7 of the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904, shall apply on the expiry of this Act as if it had then been repealed by a Bombay Act.
2. In this act, unless the context otherwise requires, “requisitioned property” means property, whether moveable or immovable, which on the 31st day of March 1958, is subject to any requisition effected by or under Chapter V of the Saurashtra Public Security Measures Act, 1953.
3. Notwithstanding the expiration of the Saurashtra Public Security Measures Act, 1953, and any rules made thereunder all requisitioned property shall continue and be deemed to have continued to be subject to requisition until the expiry of this Act and the State Government may use or deal with any requisitioned property in such manner as may appear to be expedient :
Provided that the State Government may at any time release from requisition any requisitioned property.