The Tamil Nadu (Transferred Territory) Extension of Laws Act, 1957

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu (Transferred Territory) Extension of Laws Act, 1957. (2) It shall come into force at once.

(b) "transferred territory" means the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district.

So much of the enactments specified in the Schedule as is in force on the date of the commencement of this Act in the State of Tamil Nadu except in the transferred territory 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 transferred territory.

(1) Any reference in any enactment specified in the Schedule to a law which is not in force in the transferred territory shall, in relation to that territory, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that territory. (2) Any reference in any existing law which continues to be in force in the transferred territory after the commencement of this Act to any law repealed by section 6 shall, in relation to that territory, be construed as a reference to the enactment specified in the Schedule corresponding to the law so repealed.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 transferred territory shall, where a corresponding new authority has been constituted by or under any enactment now extended to the transferred territory, have effect as if it were a reference to that new authority.

If, immediately before the commencement of this Act, there is in force in the transferred territory any Act, Ordinance, Proclamation, regulation, order, by-law, rule or other law corresponding to an enactment specified in the Schedule whether such Act, Ordinance, Proclamation, regulation, order, by-law, rule or other law is in force by virtue of Section 119 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956) or by virtue of any other legislative power, such corresponding law shall, upon the commencement of this Act, stand repealed to the extent to which the law relates to matters with respect to which the State Legislature has power to make laws for the State.

(1) The repeal by section 6 of this Act of any corresponding existing 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), anything done or any action taken including any appointment or delegation made, notification, order, instruction or direction issued, rule, regulation, form, by-law or scheme framed, certificate, permit or licence granted or registration effected, under such corresponding existing law shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provision of the enactment as now extended to, and in force in, the transferred territory 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 transferred territory of any enactment specified in the Schedule, any court or other authority may construe 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 Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 (Tamil Nadu Act VIII of 1923), as amended by sub-section (2) is hereby extended to, and shall be in force in the transferred territory; and sections 4 to 8 shall apply in relation to that Act as if it had been included in the Schedule. (2) The Act aforesaid shall be amended as follows, that is to say, in section 2, after clause (ix), the following clause shall be added as clause (x), namely :- (x) 'village headman' and 'village-accountant' in relation to the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district respectively include 'village officer' and 'village assistant.' (3) The Tamil Nadu Animals and Birds Sacrifices Prohibition Act, 1950 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXII of 1950), as amended by sub-section (4) is hereby extended to, and shall be in force in, the transferred territory; and sections 4 to 8 shall apply in relation to that Act as if it had been included in the Schedule. (4) The Act aforesaid shall be amended as follows, that is to say, for clause (c) of section 2, the following clause shall be substituted, namely :- (c) 'temple' means, in any area in the State elsewhere than in the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district, a temple as defined in section 6, clause (17) of the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951 (Madras Act XIX of 1951), and in any area in the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district, a temple as defined in section 2, clause (1) of the Travancore-Cochin Temple Entry (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1950 (Travancore-Cochin Act XXVII of 1950).

The Travancore Rationing Preparatory Measures Act, 1119 (Travancore Act XI of 1119), the Travancore-Cochin High Court Act, 1125 (Travancore-Cochin Act V of 1125) as subsequently amended, and the Code of Civil Procedure (Travancore-Cochin Amendment) Act, 1951 (Travancore-Cochin Act XVII of 1951), in so far as they apply to, and are in force in, the transferred territory are, subject to sections 4, 5, 6 and 7, hereby repealed.

Accountants' Default Act, 1850; XII The Agriculturists' Loans Act, 1884; IX The Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887; XI The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890; The Prisons Act, 1894; The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897; The Lepers Act, 1898; The Glanders and Farcy Act, 1899; The Prisoners Act, 1900; V The Destruction of Records Act, 1917; V The Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920; XXXIII The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920; Legal Practitioners (women) Act, 1923; XXVI The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932. Year, Number, Short title

TAMIL NADU REGULATIONS

1803, I, The Tamil Nadu Board of Revenue Regulation, 1803. 1803, II, The Tamil Nadu Collectors Regulation, 1803. 1822, IX, The Tamil Nadu Revenue Malversation Regulation, 1822. 1823, III, The Madras Revenue Malversation (Amendment) Regulation, 1823. 1828, VII, The Tamil Nadu Subordinate Collectors and Revenue Malversation (Amendment) Regulation, 1828. 1832, III, The Madras Revenue Malversation (Amendment) Regulation, 1832.

TAMIL NADU ACTS

1865, VI, The Tamil Nadu Official Seals Act, 1865. 1866, II, The Tamil Nadu Cattle-disease Act, 1866. 1869, III, The Tamil Nadu Revenue Summonses Act, 1869. 1893, V, The Tamil Nadu Revenue Enquiries Act, 1893. 1894, I, The Tamil Nadu Board of Revenue Act, 1894. 1920, IV, The Tamil Nadu Children Act, 1920. 1920, VII, The Tamil Nadu Town-Planning Act, 1920. 1922, V, The Tamil Nadu State Aid to Industries Act, 1922. 1926, V, The Tamil Nadu Borstal Schools Act, 1925. 1930, III, The Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, 1930. 1933, XX, The Madras Commercial Crops Markets Act, 1933. 1934, X, The Tamil Nadu Co-operative Land Mortgage Banks Act, 1934. 1936, XVI, The Tamil Nadu Famine Relief Fund Act, 1936. 1937, XI, The Tamil Nadu Probation of Offenders Act, 1936. 1937, X, The Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937. 1939, XI, The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act, 1939. 1940, XV, The Tamil Nadu Livestock Improvement Act, 1940. 1940, VII, The Tamil Nadu Rinderpest Act, 1940. 1945, VI, The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Begging Act, 1945. 1947, VII, The Tamil Nadu Tuberculosis Sanatoria (Regulation of Buildings) Act, 1947. 1947, XII, The Tamil Nadu Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act, 1947. 1947, XXXVI, The Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947. 1948, III, The Tamil Nadu Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act, 1948. 1948, XXV, The Cotton Ginning and Pressing (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1948. 1950, XXXIV, The Code of Civil Procedure (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1950. 1951, XV, The Tamil Nadu Warehouses Act, 1951. 1953, X, The Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1953.