West Pakistan (Adaptation and Repeal of Laws) Act (XVI of 1957)

From: 1957-07-25 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to adapt and repeal certain laws applicable to the Province of West Pakistan Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient to adapt and repeal certain laws applicable to the Province of West Pakistan; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the West Pakistan (Adaptation and Repeal of Laws) Act, 1957. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on and from the 14th day of October, 1955. [2][(3) It extends to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan, except the Tribal Areas.] 2. Definitions.— (1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context— (i) “Administration” means any authority, howsoever constituted immediately before the appointed day, to administer a territory or area and includes the Government of any Province, State or other area included in the province of West Pakistan; (ii) “Appointed day” means the fourteenth day of October, 1955; (iii) “Board of Revenue” means the Board of Revenue established under the [3]West Pakistan Board of Revenue Act, 1957[4]; (iv) “Existing law” means any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, Rule, Order or Bye-law made or issued by the appropriate Legislature or other competent authority including any public notification issued thereunder and in force in the territories and areas included in the Province of West Pakistan or any part thereof immediately before the appointed day, but shall not include any law with respect to any of the matters enumerated in List I of the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935; and (v) “Instrument” means any instrument or document in force in the territories and areas included in the Province of West Pakistan or any part thereof immediately before the appointed day. (2) Any expression not defined in this Act and defined in the Establishment of West Pakistan Act, 1955, or the Government of India Act, 1935, shall be deemed to have the meaning assigned to it by the said Acts. 3. Adaptation of laws.— (1) Wherever in any existing law, or in any instrument, a reference, in whatever form, not being a reference in the title, preamble, description or citation of such law or…