(1) On the commencement of this Act, the Bombay Commissioners (Abolition of Office) Act, 1950 (Bom. XVIII of 1950) and the Central Provinces and Berar Commissioners (Construction of References) Act, 1948 (C.P. and Berar Act LXI of 1948), shall be repealed.
(2) The repeal referred to in sub-section (1) shall not affect–
(a) any legal proceedings to which the State Government or any officer or authority (other than the Divisional Officer or Director of Local Authorities) is a party; and any such proceedings shall, subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, be continued and disposed of as if this Act had not been passed;
(b) any powers or duties, other than those conferred or imposed by or under the provisions of this Act on the Commissioner, which immediately before the commencement of this Act may have been conferred or imposed by the State Government on any officer or authority other than a Divisional Officer or a Director of Local Authorities or which were exercisable or discharged by the State Government; or
(c) any appointment, notification, order, rule, regulation, bye-law, form, instrument or document made, prescribed, issued or executed or deemed to have been made, prescribed, issued or executed by the State Government or by any officer or authority under or with reference to the provisions of any existing law and any such appointment, notification, order, rule, regulation, bye-law, form, instrument or document shall be valid and continue in operation unless and until it is superseded or modified by a competent authority.
(2) The repeal referred to in sub-section (1) shall not affect–
(a) any legal proceedings to which the State Government or any officer or authority (other than the Divisional Officer or Director of Local Authorities) is a party; and any such proceedings shall, subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, be continued and disposed of as if this Act had not been passed;
(b) any powers or duties, other than those conferred or imposed by or under the provisions of this Act on the Commissioner, which immediately before the commencement of this Act may have been conferred or imposed by the State Government on any officer or authority other than a Divisional Officer or a Director of Local Authorities or which were exercisable or discharged by the State Government; or
(c) any appointment, notification, order, rule, regulation, bye-law, form, instrument or document made, prescribed, issued or executed or deemed to have been made, prescribed, issued or executed by the State Government or by any officer or authority under or with reference to the provisions of any existing law and any such appointment, notification, order, rule, regulation, bye-law, form, instrument or document shall be valid and continue in operation unless and until it is superseded or modified by a competent authority.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Amendments to enactments; power of State Government to confer power and impose duties on Commissioners under any law.Section 5 · Pending legal proceedings.Section 6 · Construction of references to Divisional Officers or Directors of Local Authorities in existing law.Section 7 · Construction of references in instruments or documents.Section 8 · Pending proceedings before the Divisional Officer or Director of Local Authorities, etc.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 18 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.