The Tamil Nadu (Added Territories) Extension of Laws Act, 1964

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu (Added Territories) Extension of Laws Act, 1964. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 3rd day of December, 1960; and this Act (except this section) shall come into force in such area in the added territories as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "added territories" means the territories specified in the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959 (Central Act 56 of 1959); (b) "existing law" means any law, ordinance, regulation, order, by-law, or rule passed or made before the date of the commencement of this Act by Parliament, or by any Legislature, authority or person having power to make such a law, ordinance, regulation, order, by-law or rule.

So much of the enactments specified in the First Schedule as is in force on the date of the commencement of this Act in the State of Tamil Nadu except in the added territories and relates to matters with respect to which the State Legislature has power to make laws for the State is hereby extended to, and shall be in force in, the added territories.

The enactments specified in the Second Schedule so far as they apply to, and are in force in, the added territories are hereby amended to the extent and in the manner mentioned in the fourth column thereof.

(1) Any reference in any enactment specified in the First Schedule to a law which is not in force in the added territories shall, in relation to these territories, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in those territories. (2) Any reference in any existing law which continues to be in force in the added territories after the date of the commencement of this Act to any law repealed by section 7 shall, in relation to those territories, be construed as a reference to the enactment specified in the First Schedule corresponding to the law so repealed.

Any reference, by whatever form of words, in any existing law to any authority competent at the date of the passing of that law to exercise any powers or discharge any functions in the added territories shall, where a corresponding new authority has been constituted by or under any enactment now extended to the added territories, have effect as if it were a reference to the new authority.

If, on the date of the commencement of this Act, there is in force in the added territories any Act, ordinance, regulation, order, by-law, rule or other law corresponding to any enactment specified in the First Schedule (or to any Act, ordinance, regulation, order, by-law, rule or other law in force by virtue of section 4), the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959 (Central Act 56 of 1959), or by any other legislative power, such corresponding law shall, on the date of the commencement of this Act, stand repealed to the extent to which the corresponding law relates to matters with respect to which the State Legislature has power to make laws for the State.

(1) The repeal by section 7 of any corresponding law shall not affect— (a) the previous operation of any such law or anything done or duly suffered thereunder, or (b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any such law, or (c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any such law, 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 this Act had not been passed. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), any action taken including any appointment made, notification, order, instruction, rule, regulation, form, by-law or certificate, permit or licence granted, or issued, under such corresponding enactment shall be deemed to have been taken or granted under the corresponding enactment now extended to, and in force in, the added territories and shall continue in force accordingly, unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under the said enactment.

For the purpose of facilitating the application in the added territories of any enactment specified in the First Schedule, any court or other authority may construe any such enactment 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.

(1) The Tamil Nadu Revenue Summonses Act, 1869 (Tamil Nadu Act III of 1869), as amended by sub-section (2) is hereby extended to, and shall be in force in, the added territories; and sections 5 to 9 shall apply in relation to that Act as if it had been included in the First Schedule. (2) The amendments made by this sub-section have been incorporated in the principal Act, namely, the Tamil Nadu Revenue Summonses Act, 1869 (Tamil Nadu Act III of 1869).

(1) The Tamil Nadu Famine Relief Fund Act, 1936 (Tamil Nadu Act XVI of 1936), as amended by sub-section (2) is hereby extended to, and shall be in force in, the added territories; and sections 5 to 9 shall apply in relation to that Act as if it had been included in the First Schedule. (2) The amendments made by this sub-section have been incorporated in the Tamil Nadu Famine Relief Fund Act, 1936 (Tamil Nadu Act XVI of 1936).

The enactments specified in the Third Schedule, see section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Estates Land Act, 1908 (Tamil Nadu Act I of 1908) and section 9 of the Tamil Nadu Estates Land (Amendment) Act, 1909 (Tamil Nadu Act IV of 1909), in so far as they apply to, and are in force in, the added territories are hereby repealed.

The enactments specified in the Fourth Schedule are hereby formally declared to be no part of the law in force in the added territories.

(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act or of any enactment extended to the added territories by this Act, the State Government, as occasion may require, may, by order, do anything which appears to them necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty. (2) Every order issued under sub-section (1) shall, as soon as possible after it is issued, be placed on the table of both Houses of the Legislature, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so placed or the next session, both Houses agree in making any modification in any such order or both Houses agree that the order should not be issued, the order shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that order.