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 The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 9) Act, 1960
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 HARYANA
   
 India
 
 The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 9) Act, 1960
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 Act 43 of 1960
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* Published on 18 December 1960
* Commenced on 18 December 1960
 The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 9) Act, 1960
 
 Punjab Act
 No. 43 of 1960 
 Statement of Objects and Reasons. - With a view to achieving uniformity in the matter application of laws in the new State of Punjab, some further laws are sought to be extended to the erstwhile Pepsu territory. This Bill represents the third instalment of such laws.
 
 Published vide Punjab Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated 24.10.1960.
 
 Received the assent of the President on the 18th December, 1960 and was first published for general information in the Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary)  dated the 30th December, 1960.
 
 An Act to provide for the extension of certain regional laws to the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union.
 
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows :
 
### 1. Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Laws (Extension No. 9) Act, 1960.
 
(2) It shall come into force at once.
 
### 2. Definitions.
 - In this Act, -
 
(a) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to this Act;
 
(b) "transferred territories" mean the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union.
 
### 3. Interpretation.
 - The Punjab General Clauses Act, 1898, shall apply for the interpretation of this Act as it applies for the interpretation of a Punjab Act.
 
### 4. Extension of certain laws to transferred territories.
 - All the enactments, as amended from time to time, specified in Schedule I and so much of the enactment, as amended from time to time, specified in Schedule II as extends to the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Punjab and relates to matters with respect to which the State Legislature has power to make laws for a State and all rules, regulations, notifications, orders and bye-laws made, and all directions or instruction issued, thereunder which are in force immediately before the commencement of this Act in the said territories, are hereby extended to, and shall be inforce in, the transferred territories.
 
### 5. 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 4, any reference
 
(1) to a 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 Punjab, by whatever form of words, shall be construed as including a reference to the transferred territories.
 
### 6. Repeals and savings.
 - If immediately before the commencement of this Act, there is in force in the transferred territories any law corresponding to 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 4, that law, including the enactments specified in Schedule III, shall on the commencement of this Act, save as the 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 or incurred under any law so repealed; or
 
(c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any law so repealed; or
 
(d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any 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 been passed:
 
 Provided further that anything done or any action taken under any law so repealed shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provision of the enactment extended by section 4 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 enactment so extended.
 
### 7. Powers of courts and other authorities for purposes of facilitating application of the enactments specified in Schedule I or II or rules, etc.
 - For purposes of facilitating the application in the transferred territories of any enactment specified in Schedule I or Schedule II or of any rule, regulation, notification, order, bye-law, direction or instruction referred to in section 4, any court or other authority may construe the same with such alterations, not affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper to adapt it to the matter before the court or other authority.
 
### 8. 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 Schedules I and II, to add to, amend, vary or rescind the rules, regulations, notifications, orders and bye-laws made, and directions or instructions issued, as extended by section 4 to the transferred territories.
 
### 9. 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 or Schedule II, the State Government may by order notified in the Official Gazette, make such provisions or give such directions as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for the removal of the difficulty.
 
 I
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 Extension of Punjab Acts
 
 (See Section 4)
 
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 Year
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 Number of Act
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 Short title
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 1
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 2
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 3
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 4
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 1
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 1920
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 (I of 1920)
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 The Punjab Limtation (Custom)  Act, 1920
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 2
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 1920
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 (II of 1920)
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 The Punjab Custom (Power to Contest) Act, 1920.
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 3
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 1949
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 (XXIX of 1949)
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 The East Punjab Children Act, 1949.
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 II
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 Extension of Central Act
 
 (See section 4)
 
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 Number of Act
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 Short title
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 1
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 2
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 3
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 4
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 1
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 1887
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 (VII of 1887)
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 The Suits Valuation Act, 1887 as amended by Punjab Acts No. I
 
 of 1938 and No. XIII of 1942.
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 III
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 Repeal
 
 (See section 6)
 
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 Number of Act
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 Short title
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 1
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 2
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 3
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 4
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 1
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 2000 Bk.
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 (IX of 2000 Bk.)
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 The Patiala Customs (Power to Contest) Act, 2000 Bk.
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 2
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 2000 Bk.
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 (X of 2000 Bk.)
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 The Patiala Limitation (Custom)  Act, 2000 Bk.
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 3
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 2005 Bk.
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 (X of 2005 Bk.)
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 Sections 95, 96, 97, 98 and 99 of the Pepsu Judicature
 
 Ordinance, 2005 Bk.
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