The Code of Criminal Procedure (Assam Amendment) Act, 1984
Assam Act No. 8 of 1984
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(a) the Clause (ii) shall be substituted as follows:
"(ii) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the date of expiration of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Assam Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Assam Ordinance No. 3 of 1983)."
(b) after Clause (iii), the following shall be inserted as new Clause (iv), namely:
"(iv) It shall be in operation for a period of one year."
3. Amendment of Section 2 of Assam Act No. 3 of 1984. - In the Act, in Section 3, in sub-section (2) (b), after the words "Indian Penal Code", the colon (:) shall be deleted and thereafter the following shall be inserted, namely:"with imprisonment which may extend to three years or with fine or with both."
4. Insertion of Section 6. - In the Act, after Section 5, the following shall be inserted as a new Section 6, namely: "6. Repeal and savings. - (1) The Code of Criminal Procedure (Assam Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Assam Ordinance No. 3 of 1983) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal-(a) any action taken or any order passed or any proceedings commenced or anything whatsoever done under the Ordinance so repealed shall continue and be deemed to have continued and shall have effect as if taken, passed, commenced or done under the corresponding provisions of this Act.
(b) Any action taken, order passed, or other acts and things done by any officer acting or purporting to act under the Ordinance so repealed shall be valid and shall be deemed always to have been valid and shall not be called in question in any Court on the ground of incompetency of the Officer to act under the Ordinance so repealed."
5. Repeal and savings. - (1) The Code of Criminal Procedure (Assam Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (Assam Ordinance No. 3 of 1984) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, any action taken or any order passed or any proceedings commenced or anything whatsoever done under the Ordinance so repealed shall continue and be deemed to have continued and shall have effect as if taken, passed, commenced or done under the corresponding provisions of this Act.