Chapter IV REPEAL AND EXPIRY OF ENACTMENTS

Where Nagaland Act, Ordinance or Regulation repeals any enactment, then unless a different intention appears the repeal shall not — (a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect ; or (b) affect the previous operation of any enactment so repealed or anything duly done or suffered thereunder, or (c) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability, acquired, accrued or incurred under any enactment so repealed; or (d) effect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any enactment so repealed ; or (e) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid; and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if the repealing act had not been passed.

Where in Nagaland Act, Ordinance or Regulation (not being an act which is to cease to have effect or to cease to operate on the expiry of a particular period or on the happening of a particular contingency) amends the text of any enactment by the express omission, insertion or substitution of any matter, and any such amending act is subsquently repealed, then unless a different intention appears, the repeal shall not the effect continuance of any such amendment by the amending act. If such amendment was in force at the time of the repeal.

Where a Nagaland Act, Ordinance or Regulation repeals and re- enacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former enactment, then references in any other enactment to the provision so repealed shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.

In any enactment, for the purpose of reviving eithei wholly or partially, any enactment wholly or partially repealed, it shall he necessary expressly to state that purpose.

Where an enactment ceases to have effect or ceases to operate on the expiration of a particular period or on the happening of a particular contigency, then unless a different intention appears, the expiry shall not effect— (a) the previous operation of or anything dully done or suffered under the enactment ; or (b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired accrued or incure under that Act or (c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against that Act ; or (d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted continued or -enforced and any such penalty forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if the Act had not expired.