Savings

Anything done or any action taken (including any suit or proceeding instituted, decision or direction given, decree or order passed and any rights enjoyed or liability incurred) under the provisions of the principal Act on or after the 9th January, 1974 and before the date of the publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, on the footing that the principal Act was in force at the relevant time in the townships of Kodaikanal, Avadi, Kathivakkam, Ambattur, Madhavaram, Bhavanisagar, Courtallam and Mettur shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the provisions of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, as if this Act had been in force at the relevant time.