Construction of references to District Superintendent of Police in existing laws.

All instruments or documents executed or made before the appointment of a Commissioner of Police for any area under or with reference to any existing law or any enactment specified in the Schedule shall, unless the contest otherwise requires, be construed as if reference therein to the District Superintendent of Police or, where any powers and duties of a District Magistrate are conferred in substitution on a Commissioner of Police by virtue of this Act or any enactment in the Schedule, to the District Magistrate, were references to the Commissioner of Police for that area.