The Punjab Law (Extension No.6) Act, 1959

(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Laws (Extension No. 6) Act, 1959. (2) It shall come into force at once.

In this Act,- (a) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to this Act; (b) "transferred territories" means the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union.

The Punjab General Clauses Act, 1898, shall apply for the interpretation of this Act as it applies for the interpretation of a Punjab Act.

All the enactments, as be amended from lime to lime, specified in Schedule I and so much of any ol' the cnnc!Ten\s, as amended from time to time. specified in Schedule II as extends to the tran~femed territories which. immediately before [he 1st November. 1356, wcrc comprised in the Srale of Punlab and relates to matters with rcspects to ~vhicl~ thc Slnle Leyslzlturhe has powcr to mekc liiws FOI- a Slare, ;uld all r~tIes. rcgulario~ls, nolifiuations. orders and hy-l;n\s made, and all dirccrions 01. I nstruc~inns issued, \hcieundcr, \vhicl> ar,e in forcc immedialcly beforc [he comIncncernenr or h i s Act in ~ h c said ren.itclr~-ies, al.e hcreby extcudrd to, and shill1 be in force in, the transferred tei~itories.

In the enaclmcnts. or ~ules, regulations. notifications. orders and by-laws made, and directions or inslructions issued, thercundcr. as rcferred to in section 4, any reference :- ( 1 ) to a law which is not in force in the [ransferred Icrrilories shall in relation to such terri tones, be ionsirucd as a reference Lo h e corresponding law, i T any, in folncc in such tenitories ; and (2) to the Statc of punjab: by whatever form of words, shall be construed as including a reference to the transferred teni toibies.

If immediately before thc commencement of this Act, there is in force in the transferred leiritories any law corresponding to any of the enactments orrules, rcgularions, notifications, orders and by-laws made, and directions or instructions issued, rhereunder, extendcd to those territories by section 4. that law. including the enaclmcnts specified in Schedule 11, shall on the commencement of this Act, save as othenvjse expressly providcd in this A C ~ , stand ~~epealed: Provided that such repeal shall not affect - (a) the previous operatin of any law so repealed or anything duly done or suflered thereunder ; or. (6) any right, privilege. obligation or ljab~lity acquired or incurrcd undcr any law so repcaled ; or (c) any penalty. forfeiture 01. punishment incurred in respec[ of any offcnce cornmilied against any law so rcpealcd : or ((1) any investigation, legal procccding or remedy in rcspccr of any such iiglil, piivilege, obligaiion, Iiahi Ii ty. penalry, fot-feiturc or punishment as afol-csaid ; and ally such investigation, legal proceeding or.semedy may be insrirulcd, continued or enforced. and any such penally, forfci~ure or punishmen1 may be imposed, as i f [his Act liad nor been passed : Provided iurther h a t anything done or'any action taker1 under any laws so repealcd shall he deemed to have been done or taken under the co~~csponding provisions or the enactment cxtcndcd by sectibn 4 to rhe [ransferred terrjtorics, and shall continuc to be in force accordingly, unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under the enacLments so extcndcd.

For purposes of facilitating the application in the transferred territories of any enactments specified in Schedule I or Schedule II or of any rule, regulation, notification, order, by-law, direction or instruction referred to in section 4, any court or other authority may construe the same with such alterations, not affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper to adapt it to the matter before the court or other authority.

Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the power of the State Government or of any officer or authority, exercisable, under the enactments specified in Schedules I and II to add to, amend, vary or rescind the rules, regulations, notifications, orders and by-laws made, and directions or instructions issued, as extended by section 4 to the transferred territories.

If any difficulty arises in giving effect in the transferred territories to the provisions of any enactment specified in Schedule I or Schedule II, the State Government may, by order notified in the Official Gazette, make such provisions or give such directions as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for the removal of the difficulty.

Sr. No. | Short title | Year | Number of the Act 1. | The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911. | 1911 | (III of 1911) 2. | The Punjab Fisheries Act, 1914. | 1914 | (II of 1914) 3. | The East Punjab Animal Contagious Diseases Act, 1948. | 1948 | (XLVII of 1948) 4. | The East Punjab Conservation of Manure Act, 1949. | 1949 | (XV of 1949) 5. | The East Punjab Improved Seeds and Seedlings Act, 1949. | 1949 | (XLVII of 1949) 6. | The East Punjab Utilization of Lands Act, 1949. | 1949 | (XXXVIII of 1949) 7. | The Punjab Prohibition of Smoking (Cinema and Theatre Halls) Act, 1951. | 1951 | (III of 1951) 8. | The Punjab Local Authorities Laws (Exercise of Powers) Act, 1953. | 1953 | (XL of 1953) 9. | The Punjab Livestock Improvement Act, 1953. | 1953 | (XLVII of 1953) 10. | The Punjab Prohibition of Cow-slaughter Act, 1955. | 1955 | (XV of 1956)

1. | The Indian Fisheries Act, 1897. | 1897 | (IV of 1897)

Sr. No. | Short title | Year | Number of the Act | Amendments 1. | The Patiala and East Punjab States Union Local Bodies Laws (Application and Amendment) Supplementary Ordinance, 2006 Bk. | 2006 Bk. | (No. XI of 2006 Bk.) | ... 2. | Patiala's notification No. Leg/102, dated 11th October, 1944, declaring section 287, 288 and 289 of the Patiala Penal Code, 1956 Bk., in force in the erstwhile Patiala State as a separate law. | 1944 | (Notification No. Leg/102, dated 11th October, 1944) | ... 3. | The Patiala Branded Bulls Act, 1994 Bk. | 1994 Bk. | (VI of 1994 Bk.) | ... 4. | The Patiala and East Punjab States Union Local Bodies Laws (Application and Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 Bk. | 2006 Bk. | (Ordinance No. III of 2006 Bk.) | ... 5. | The Patiala and East Punjab States Union Municipal (Amendment) Act, 2006 Bk. | 2006 Bk. | (Act No. III of 2006 Bk.) | ... 6. | The Pepsu Improved Seeds and Seedlings Act, 2008 Bk. | 2008 Bk. | (V of 2008 Bk.) | ... 7. | The Patiala Prohibition of Smoking in Show Houses and Public Halls Act, 2008 Bk. | 2008 Bk. | (IX of 2008 Bk.) | ... 8. | The Pepsu Conservation of Manure Act, 2008 Bk. | 2008 Bk. | (XXVIII of 2008 Bk.) | ... 9. | The Pepsu Utilization of Lands Act, 2009 Bk. | 2009 Bk. | (IV of 2009 Bk.) | ... 10. | The Patiala and East Punjab States Union Livestock Improvement Act, 1954. | 1954 | (12 of 1953) | ... 11. | The Pepsu Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1956, except sections 9 and 10 thereof. | 1956 | (11 of 1956) | ...