(1) Any law in force in Chandernagore immediately before the appointed day (hereafter in this Act ref erred to as "corresponding law") which corresponds to any law ref erred to in section 3, whether such corresponding law is in force in Chandernagore by virtue of the Chandernagore (Application of Laws) Order, 1950 or 'by virtue of any Reg. I of notification issued under the Chandernagore (Administra-
1952.
tion) Regulation, 1952, or otherwise, shall as from that day stand repealed in Chandernagore.
Price—Indian, anna 1; English, 2d.
Repeal of mftresponding, laws and savh1gs.
2 The Chandernagore (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1955.
Ben. Aot XV of 1932 not to apply to °bandernagoro.
Provision for removal of diffi.
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[West Ben. Act (Sections 5, 6.)
(2) The repeal by sub-section (1) of any corresponding law shall not affect—
(a) the previous operation of any such law; or
(b) any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any such law; or
(c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any such law; or
(d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid;
and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued, or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture, or punishment may be imposed as if this Act had not come into force.
(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), anything done or any action taken (including any appointment or delegation made, notification, order, instruction or direction issued, rule, form, bye-law or scheme framed, certificate, permit or licence granted, or registration effected) under such corresponding law shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provision of the law as extended to, or in force in, Chandernagore by virtue of section 3 on and from the appointed day and shall continue in force accordingly unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under such law.
5. Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 3 and 4, the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932 shall not extend to Chandernagore, and any law in force in Chandernagore immediately before the appointed day which corresponds to that Act, shall, until such law is repealed, continue to apply to, and be in force in, Chandernagore, and any reference to the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932 in any of the laws extended to Chandernagore under section 3 shall be deemed to be a reference to the corresponding law continued in force by this section.