A] which apply to such trust or class of trusts

shall cease to apply to such trust or class of trusts. (3) 184[Save as otherwise provided in this section, such repeal] or cessation shall not in any way affect- (a) any right, title, interest, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred before 185[the said date], (b) any legal proceedings or remedy in respect of such right, title, interest, obligation or liability, or (c) anything duly done or suffered before 5[the said date]. XX of 1863. Repeal. [1950: Bom. XXIX Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 186[(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3) all proceedings pending before any authority under the Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 [as amended by the Mussalman Wakf (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1935], the Bombay Public Trusts Registration Act, 1935, or the Parsi Public Trusts Registration Act, 1936, immediately before the said date shall be transferred to the Charity Commissioner and any such proceedings shall be continued and disposed of by the Charity Commissioner or the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner as the Charity Commissioner may direct. In disposing of such proceedings the Charity Commissioner, the Deputy Charity Commissioner or the Assistant Charity Commissioner, as the case may be, shall have and exercise the same powers which were vested in and exercised by the Court under the Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 [as amended by the Mussalman Wakf (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1935], and by the Registrars under the Bombay Public Trusts Registration Act, 1935, and the Parsi Public Trusts Registration Act, 1936, and shall pass such orders as may be just or proper. (5) All records maintained by the authority or court under any of the Act referred to in sub-section (4) shall be transferred to the Charity Commissioner or to the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner as the Charity Commissioner may direct.] 187[86. (1) On the commencement of this Act in that area of the State to which it is extended by the Bombay Public Trusts (Unification and Amendment) Act, 1959— (i) the Religious Endowments Act, 1863, as in force in the Saurashtra and Kutch areas of the State, (ii) the Madhya Pradesh Dharmadaya Funds Act, 1951, as in force in the Vidarbha Region of the State, and (iii) any law relating to public trusts to which Chapter VII-A applies, to the extent to which it corresponds to the provisions of this Act, shall stand repealed. (2) On the date of application of the provisions of this Act to any public trust or class of public trusts under sub-section (4) of section 1 (hereinafter in this section referred to as the said date), the provisions of the Acts, specified in Schedule AA which apply to such trust or class of trusts shall cease to apply thereto. (3) Save as otherwise provided in this section, such repeal or cessation shall not in any way affect- (a) anything duly done or suffered under the laws hereby repealed or ceasing to apply before the said date; (b) any right, title, interest, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred before the said date under the laws hereby repealed or ceasing to apply; (c) any legal proceedings or remedy in respect of such right, title, interest, obligation or liability: Provided that if on the said date, any legal proceeding in respect of any public trust is pending before any court under any enactment specified in Schedule AA to which the State Government, Commissioner, Registrar or any officer of the State Government is a party, the Charity Commissioner, shall be deemed to be substituted in those proceedings for the State Government, Commissioner, Registrar or as the case may be, the officer and XLII of 1923. Bom. XVIII of 1935. Bom. XXV of 1935. Bom. XXIII of 1936. XLII of 1923. Bom. XVIII of 1935. Bom. XXV of 1936. Bom. XXIII of 1936. Further repeals and savings consequent on commencement of Bom. XXIX of 1900, in other areas of State. Bom. VI of 1960. XX of 1863. M. P. Act XVIII of 1951. 1950: Bom. XXIX] Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 47 of 53 such proceedings shall be disposed of by such court: Provided further that every proceeding pending before any criminal court under the Madhya Pradesh Dharmadaya Funds Act, 1951 shall abate on the repeal of that Act under sub-section (1). (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3), all proceedings pending immediately before the said date before any athority (other than a court) under any enactment specified in Schedule AA shall be continued and disposed of under that enactment as if the Bombay Public Trusts (Unification and Amendment) Act, 1959, had not been passed. (5) Notwithstanding the cessation of any enactment specified in Schedule AA, all arrears of contributions and other sums payable under any such enactment shall be recoverable under the provisions of this Act, as if they had been recover able under the provisions of this Act. (6) All records maintained by Registrars under the Madhya Pradesh Public Trusts Act, 1951, shall be transferred to the Charity Commissioner or to the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner as the Charity Commissioner may direct. 87. Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to- (a) those Wakfs in certain areas of the State to which the provisions of the Wakf Act, 1954, have continued to apply; or (b) the Nanded Gurudwara, the administration of which is governed by the Nanded Sikh Gurudwara Sachkhand Shri Hazur Apchalnagar Sahib Act, 1956. 88. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may by an order published in the Official Gazette, do anything not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act which appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty.]