The Punjab Trade Employees Act, 1940 (Punjab Act 10 of 1940) (as extended to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh by Government of India late Ministry of States Notification No. II-J, dated 18-1-1951) and the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 (Punjab Act 15 of 1958) as in force in the territories added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 (Central Act 31 of 1966) are hereby repealed:
Provided that,-
(a) every appointment, order, rule, bye-law, regulation, notification or notice made, issued or given under the provisions of any of the said Acts shall in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been made, issued or given under the provisions of this Act, unless and until superseded by any appointment, order, rules, bye-law, regulation, notification or notice made, issued or given under this Act;
(b) any proceeding relating to the trial of any offence punishable under the provisions of any of the said Acts, shall be continued and completed as if that Act has not been repealed, but has continued in operation, and any penalty imposed in such proceeding, shall be recovered under that Act.
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