Section 58 — Repeal and savings.

58. Repeal and savings.―(1) The following laws are hereby repealed:― 

(a) the Territorial Councils Act, 1956 (103 of 1956);  

(b) the Decree No. 46-2381, dated the 25th October, 1946, as subsequently amended, relating to 

the Representative Assembly of the State of Pondicherry;  

(c) the Decree No. 47-1490, dated the 12th August, 1947, as subsequently amended, relating to 

the setting up of a Council of Government in the State of Pondicherry;  

(d) the State of Pondicherry (Representation of the People) Order, 1955, in so far as it relates to 

the Representative Assembly of Pondicherry.  

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Territorial Councils Act, 1956 (103 of 1956),― 

(a) every officer and other employee of the Territorial Council of 
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[the Union territory] serving 

under the Council immediately before such repeal shall become an officer or other employee of 

Government and shall be employed in connection with the administration of the Union territory with 

such designation as the Administrator may determine and shall hold office by the same tenure and at 

the same remuneration and on the same terms and conditions of service as he would have but for such 

repeal held the same and shall continue to do so unless and until such tenure, remuneration and terms 

and conditions are duly altered by the Administrator:  

Provided that— 

(i) the tenure, remuneration and terms and conditions of service of any such officer or other 

employee shall not be altered to his disadvantage without the previous sanction of the Central 

Government;  

(ii) any service rendered by any such officer or other employee before such repeal shall be 

deemed to be service rendered in connection with the administration of the Union territory;  

(iii) the Administrator may employ any such officer or other employee in the discharge of such 

functions as the Administrator may think proper and every such officer or other employee shall 

discharge those functions accordingly;  

(b) anything done or any action taken (including any notification, order, scheme, rule, form, 

notice or bye-law made or issued, any licence or permission granted) under the repealed Act shall in 

so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force unless and until it is 

superseded by anything done or any action taken in accordance with law;  

(c) all debts, obligations and liabilities incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and 

things engaged to be done by, with or for the Territorial Council before such repeal shall be deemed 

to have been incurred, entered into or engaged to be done in exercise of the executive power of the 

Union for the purposes of the administration of the Union territory;  

(d) all assessments, valuations, measurements or divisions made by the Territorial Council shall, 

in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force unless and until 

                                                           
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 1987, s. 65, for “a Union territory” (w.e.f. 30-5-1987). 



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they are superseded by any assessment, valuation, measurement or division made by the 

Administrator in accordance with law;  

(e) all properties, movable and immovable, and all interests of whatsoever nature and kind, vested 

in the Territorial Council immediately before such repeal shall, with all rights of whatsoever 

description, used, enjoyed or possessed by that Council, vest in the Union for the purposes of the 

administration of the Union territory;  

(f) all rates, taxes, cesses, fees, rents, fares and other charges which immediately before such 

repeal were being lawfully levied by the Territorial Council shall continue to be levied at the same 

rate at which they were being levied by the Council immediately before such repeal until provision to 

the contrary is made by law;  

(g) all rates, taxes, cesses, fees, rents, fares and other charges due to the Territorial Council 

immediately before such repeal shall be deemed to be due to the Union in connection with the 

administration of the Union territory;  

(h) all suits, prosecutions and other legal proceedings instituted or which might have been 

instituted by or against the Territorial Council may be continued or instituted by or against the 

Government of India.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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