Repeal and saving.

On the commencement of the Bombay Public Conveyances (Unification and Amendment) Act, 1958, the following Acts, that is to say,- (i) the Bombay Public Conveyances Act, 1920 as adapted and applied to the Saurashtra area of the State of Bombay, (ii) the Hackney-carriage Act, 1879, as in force in the Vidarbha region of the State of Bombay, (iii) the Hyderabad Public Conveyances Act, 1956, and (iv) the Bombay Public Conveyances Act, 1920 as extended to the Kutch area of the State of Bombay, shall be repealed : Provided that notwithstanding such repeal- (a) any notification issued, licence granted or rule made under the provisions of the laws so repealed shall continue in force until it is superseded or modified by any notification, licence or rule issued, granted or made by a competent authority under this Act and if no such authority exists or if there be a doubt as to the competent authority by such authority as the State Government may designate; (b) anything done or action taken (including any notice given, prosecutions launched, right acquired, obligation and liability accrued or incurred, penalty imposed, proceedings pending, badges provided, rates of fares fixed, stands or places appointed, or sanctions granted) shall be deemed to be done, or taken, under the corresponding provisions of this Act as if this Act had than been in force.