The Chhattisgarh Destruction of Records Law Extension Act, 1965.

1. Short title and commencement. (1)This Act may be called The Madhya Pradesh Destruction of Records Law Extension Act, 1965. (2)[ It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.] [The Act enforced with effect from 15th February, 1966 vide Notification No. 76024-1-(iv), published in M.P. Rajpatra (Asadharan), dated 15-2-1966 at p. 591.]

2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a)"appointed day" means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of Section 1 for the coming into force of this Act; (b)words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Madhya Pradesh Extension of Laws Act, 1958 (23 of 1958), shall have the meaning assigned to them in that Act.

3. Extension and amendment of Central Act, No. V of 1917. (1)The Destruction of Records Act, 1917 (V of 1917), as in force in the Mahakoshal region immediately before the appointed day is, as from the appointed day, hereby extended to all the other regions of the State. (2)The Act extended by sub-Section (1) shall, in its application to the whole of Madhya Pradesh, be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in the First Schedule. (3)The Act extended by sub-Section (1) shall come into force in other regions of the State from the appointed day.

4. Repeal. - On and from the appointed day, the enactments specified in the Second Schedule shall stand repealed.

5. Power to remove difficulty. - If in consequence of anything contained in this Act, any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the Act extended by sub-Section (1) of Section 3 the State Government may, by order notified in the Gazette, make such provisions or give such directions as appear to it to be necessary for the removal of the difficulty.