Chapter XI REPEAL AND SAVINGS

1. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the enactments namely, the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885), and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 (17 of 1933), are hereby repealed.
2. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the provisions aforesaid, anything done or any action taken including any grant of license, registration or assignment, any order, or proceeding, pending or ongoing, under the repealed provisions shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act, and the provisions of this Act shall have effect in relation thereto.
3. (3) The provisions of Part-III of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) shall continue to apply to all cases pertaining to laying down of transmission lines under section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) as if the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 has not been repealed, and the provisions of Part-III of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 shall continue in force with reference to section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 till such time as section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 is amended.

All rules, orders, made or purported to have been made under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) or under the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 (17 of 1933), shall, in so far as they relate to matters for which provision is made in this Act and are not inconsistent therewith, be deemed to have been made under this Act as if this Act had been in force on the date on which such rules, orders were made, and shall continue in force unless and until they are superseded by any rules made under this Act.

All acts of executive actions done, decisions taken, actions done, proceedings taken and orders passed, prior to the appointed day, by the Central Government, by any officer of the Central Government, or by any other authority, with respect to assignment of spectrum or provision of telecommunication services, or telecommunication network or establishment of telecommunication infrastructure, in the belief or purported belief that the acts done, decisions taken, actions done, and proceedings taken, were being done, taken or passed under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885), or the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 (17 of 1933), shall be as valid and operative as if they had been done, taken or passed in accordance with law; and no suit or other legal proceeding shall be maintained or continued against any person whatsoever, on the ground that any such acts, decisions, proceedings taken were not done or taken in accordance with law.