THE KERALA ESSENTIAL ARTICLES CONTROL (TEMPORARY POWERS) CONTINUANCE ACT, 1979

ACT 5 OF 1979 THE KERALA ESSENTIAL ARTICLES CONTROL (TEMPORARY POWERS) CONTINUANCE ACT, 1979* An Act further to continue the Kerala Essential Articles Control (Temporary Powers) Act, 1961. Preamble.—WHEREAS it is expedient to continue the Kerala Essential Articles Control (Temporary Powers) Act, 1961, for a further period; BE it enacted in the Thirtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. Short title.— This Act may be called the Kerala Essential Articles Control (Temporary Powers) Continuance Act, 1979. 2. Amendment of section 1.—In sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Kerala Essential Articles Control (Temporary Powers) Act, 1961 (3 of 1962) (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act), for the words “seventeen years”, the words “twenty years” shall be substituted. 3. Repeal and saving.—(1) The Kerala Essential Articles Control (Temporary Powers) Continuance Ordinance, 1979 (1 of 1979), is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act as if this Act had come into force on the 16th day of January, 1979. ____ * Received the assent of the President on the 27th day of March, 1979 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 226 dated 29th March, 1979.