Provided that no such order shall be issued after the expiry of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.

Repeal and saving Repeal and saving.—(1) The Koodalmanickam Devaswom Proclamation (Cochin) issued on the 30 th day of November 1917, and the Scheme of Administration published thereunder, the Koodalmanickam Devaswom Proclamation (Travancore) issued on the 12 th day of June, 1919, the Koodalmanickam Devaswom Act, 1918 (Madras Act 1 of 1919) and the Koodalmanickam Devaswom Act, 1971 (7 of 1971) are hereby repealed.

1. (2) . Notwithstanding the repeal of the Koodalmanickam Devaswom Act, 1971 (7 of 1971),--
   • (a) . the pathivu or annual scale of expenditure specified in Schedule I of the said Act shall continue to apply to Devaswom till the pathivu or scale of expenditure is fixed under section 20; and
   • (b) . all orders passed or purported to have been passed, decisions made or purported to have been made, proceedings or actions taken or purported to have been taken and things done or purported to have been done by the Koodalmanickam Devaswom Managing Committee or the Administrator or the Commissioner under the said Act shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been passed, made taken or done by the appropriate authority under this Act, as if this Act were in force on the date on which such orders, decisions, proceedings, actions and things were passed, made, taken or done or purported to have been passed, made, taken or done.