Construction of references to laws not in force in any region

Any reference in any Act specified in the Schedule to a law which is not in force in any region of the State shall, in relation to that region, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that region. (1) For "president or chairman" substitute "president, chairman or sarpanch". (2) For "by the State Government" substitute "or at such other time as that State Government may direct". (1) The State Government shall, on the commencement of the Madhya Pradesh Extension of Laws Act, 1958 (23 of 1958), invest a sum of Rs. 40,00,000 in the securities of the Central Government in the name of the Secretary to the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Finance Department. (2) Such sum as may fall to the share of this State under Section 80 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956) from and out of the investments made by the pre-Reorganisation State of Madhya Pradesh in the Famine Relief Fund of that State shall also be reinvested in the manner provided for in sub-section (1) and shall until so reinvested be taken into account for purposes of determining the balance under Section 7. Throughout the Act, for "Madhya Bharat region" and "Rajpramukh of Madhya Bharat", wherever occurring, substitute "Madhya Pradesh" and "Governor of Madhya Pradesh" respectively. Section 9-H-- For "shall be guilty" substitute "is again convicted".