Repeal and saving.

(1) The Tamil Nadu Agricultural Income-tax Act, 1955 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1955) (hereinafter referred to as the repealed Act) is hereby repealed: Provided that such repeal shall not- (a) affect anything done or any offence committed, or any fine or penalty incurred or any proceeding begun before the commencement of this Act; or (b) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect; or (c) affect the previous operation of the repealed Act or any thing duly done or suffered thereunder; or (d) affect any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the repealed Act; or (e) affect any fine, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against the repealed Act; or (f) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, fine, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid; and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any such fine, penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed, as if this Act had not been passed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal- (a) any agricultural income-tax chargeable or leviable under the repealed Act and the rules made thereunder, for the period prior to the commencement of this Act, shall be charged or levied and recovered in the manner provided under the repealed Act and the rules made thereunder; (b) any application, appeal, revision or other proceeding pending before any authority or officer under the repealed Act on the date of commencement of this Act, shall stand transferred to such authority or officer as the Government may, by notification, appoint for the exercise of the powers and duties under the repealed Act and on such appointment, they shall exercise all powers and duties of the authority or officer under the repealed Act, as the case may be; (c) any appeal preferred and pending before the Appellate Tribunal appointed under the repealed Act, on the date of commencement of this Act, shall be heard and disposed of by such Appellate Tribunal as if this Act had not been passed; (d) any order passed by any authority or officer under the repealed Act during the period between the date of commencement of this Act and the date of publication of this Act shall be deemed to have been validly passed in accordance with the provisions of the repealed Act as if this Act had not been passed.