Repeal and amendments

Section 148 of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act deals with repeal and amendments. The enactments specified in Schedule I are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the fourth column thereof and those specifed in Schedule II are hereby amended to the extent specified in the fourth column thereof. The Act was enacted on 20 May 1949.

(1) The enactments specified in Schedule I are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the fourth column thereof and those specifed in Schedule II are hereby amended to the extent specified in the fourth column thereof.

(2) But nothing in this Act or any report or amendment made thereby shall affect or be deemed to affect-

(i) any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred before the commencement of this Act;

(ii) any legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any right, title, interest, obligation or liability or anything done or suffered before the commencement of this Act and any such proceeding shall be continued and disposed of, as if this Act was not passed;

(iii) the levy of any duties under section 29A of the Bombay Abkari Act, 1878 (Bom. V of 1878), and the recovery of any duties or fees leviable under any other provisions of the Acts hereby repealed, and all such duties or fees shall be leived or recovered, as the case may be, as if this Act was not passed.

(3) Any appointment, notification, notice, order, rule or form, made, or issued under any of the enactments repealed by this Act shall continue to be in force and deemed to have been made, granted or issued under the provisions of this Act, in so far as such appointment, notification, notice, order, rule, or form is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, unless and until it is superseded by any appointment, notification, notice, order, rule or form made or issued under this Act, notwithstanding the fact that the authority competent to make or issue such notification, notice, order, rule or form is different from that authorized in the enactments repealed and notwithstanding also that such notification, notice, order, rule or form was made or issued in a different form or name.

(4) Any licence, permit, pass, authorization or permission granted or issued under any of the enactments repealed by this Act shall continue to be in force and shall be deemed to have been granted or issued under the corresponding provisions of this Act.

Section 148, The Maharashtra Prohibition Act (Act 25 of 1949).