The Himachal Pradesh (Extension of Laws) Act, 1976

THE HIMACHAL PRADESH (EXTENSION OF LAWS) ACT, 1976 

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

Sections: 

1. Short title and commencement. 

2. Definitions. 

3. Extension of certain laws to transferred territories. 

4. Construction of certain references. 

5. Repeal and savings. 

6. Powers of courts and other authorities for purposes of 

facilitating the application of the enactments specified in 

Schedule-I or rules, etc. 

7. Power to make rules, etc. not to be affected. 

8. Power to remove difficulties. 

SCHEDULE-I. 

SCHEDULE-II. 

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THE HIMACHAL PRADESH (EXTENSION OF LAWS) ACT, 1976 

(ACT NO. 29 OF 1976)
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(Received the assent of the President on the 17
th
July, 1976 and was 

published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated the 29
th
 

July, 1976, pp. 1467-1470). 

An Act to provide for the extension of certain laws as applicable to, or in 

force in the areas as comprised in Himachal Pradesh immediately 

before the 1
st
 November, 1966, to areas as added to Himachal 

Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966. 

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in 

theTwenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the 

Himachal Pradesh (Extension of Laws) Act, 1976. 

(2) It shall come into force at once. 

 

 

                                                 
1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Rajpatra Himachal Pradesh (Extra-

ordinary), dated the 6
th

 March, 1976, p. 794. For its Authoritative Hindi Text see 

the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 25
th

 March, 1994, pp. 435-

440. 



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2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the 

subject or context,- 

(a)  "Official Gazette" means Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh; 

(b)  "old areas" means the areas as comprised in Himachal 

Pradesh immediately before the 1
st
 November, 1966; 

(c)  "schedule" means a schedule appended to this Act; 

(d)  "State Government" means the Government of Himachal 

Pradesh;and 

(e)  "transferred territories" means the territories which were 

added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-

organisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966). 

3. Extension of certain laws to transferred territories.-All the 

enactments, as amended from time to time, specified in Schedule-I, which are 

applicable to, or in force in the old areas and all rules, regulations, 

notifications, orders and bye-laws made, and all directions or instructions 

issued thereunder, which are in force immediately before the commencement 

of this Act, are hereby extended to, and shall be in force in, the transferred 

territories. 

4. Construction of certain references.- In the enactments, or rules, 

regulations, notifications, orders and bye-laws made, and directions or 

instructions issued thereunder, as referred to in section 3, any reference- 

(1)  to the law which is not in force in the transferred territories 

shall in relation to such territories, be construed as a reference 

to the corresponding law, if any, in force in such territories; 

and 

(2)  to the State of Himachal Pradesh, by whatever form of words, 

shall be construed as including a reference to the transferred 

territories. 

5. Repeal and savings.- If, immediately before the commencement of 

this Act, there is in force in the transferred territories any law correspondingto 

any of the enactments or rules, regulations, notifications, orders and bye-laws 

made, and directions or instructions issued thereunder, extended to those 

territories, by section 3 that law including the enactments specified in 

Schedule-II, shall, on the commencement of this Act, save as otherwise 

expressly provided in this Act, stand repealed: 

Provided that such repeal shall not affect:- 

(a)  the previous operation of any law so repealed or anything 

duly done or suffered thereunder, or 

(b)  any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued 

or incurred under any law so repealed, or 

(c)  any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of 



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any offence committed against any law so repealed, or 

(d)  any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of 

any suchright, 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 maybe 

imposed, as if this Act had not been passed: 

Provided further that anything done or any action taken under anylaw 

so repealed shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the 

corresponding provision of the enactment extended by section 3 to the 

transferred territories, and shall continue to be in force accordingly, unless and 

until superseded by anything done or any action taken under the enactmentso 

extended. 

6. Powers of courts and other authorities for purposes of 

facilitating the application of the enactments specified in Schedule-I or 
rules, etc.- For the purposes of facilitating the application in the transferred 

territories of anyenactment specified in Schedule-I or of any rule, regulation, 

notification,order, bye-law, direction or instruction referred to in section 3, 

any court orother authority may construe the same with such alterations, not 

affecting thesubstance, as may be necessary or proper to adopt it to the matter 

before thecourt or other authority. 

7. Power to make rules, etc. not to be affected.- Nothing contained 

in this Act shall affect the power of the State Government or of any officer or 

authority, exercisable under the enactments specified in Schedule-I, toadd, 

amend, vary or rescind the rules, regulations, notifications, orders and bye-

laws made, and directions or instructions issued, as extended by section 3 to 

the transferred territories. 

8. Power to remove difficulties.- If any difficulty arises in giving 

effect, in the transferred territories, to the provisions of any enactment 

specified in Schedule-I, the State Government may, by order notified in the 

Official Gazette, make such provisions or give such directions as appear to be 

necessary or expedient for the removal of the difficulty. 

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SCHEDULE-I 

(See section 3) 

Serial Year Number  Name of the Act          

No.                 of Act 

1         2             3                         4     

1.        1879 14          The Hackney Carriage Act, 1879. 

2.        1956 6         The Code of Civil Procedure (Himachal 

Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1956. 

3.        1956       10          The Himachal Pradesh Ferries Act, 1956. 



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SCHEDULE-II 

(See section 5) 

Serial No.Year    Number of Act          Name of the Act 

  1         2                 3                         4    

1.        1878            17           The Northern India Ferries Act, 1878. 

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