(1) All enactments in force in, or applicable to, the Himachal Pradesh on the 30th June, 1954 as relate to matters with respect to which the State Legislature has powers to make laws for Himachal Pradesh and as have not already been extended to the merged state are hereby extended to the merged state subject to-
(i) any amendment to which they were generally subject in or in their application to the Himachal Pradesh on the date aforesaid;
2[Explanation.- For the purposes of this Act a Bill passed by the Himachal Pradesh Legislature Assembly and assented to by the President on or before 30th June, 1954 even though not enforced till that date shall also be and shall be deemed always to have been, an enactment applicable to the Himachal Pradesh on the 30th June, 1954]; and
(ii) the subsequent provision of this Act.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in any such enactment referred to in subsection (1) such enactment shall come into force with effect from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint in this behalf and different dates may be appointed for different provisions thereof, or for different parts of the merged state.