State Act

The Odisha Prevention of Land Encroachment Act, 1972.

18. Repeal and Savings :– (1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule II are repealed to the extent specified in column 4 thereof. (2) All things done, liabilities incurred, amounts assessed or penalty or fine imposed, enquiries held, notices served, warrants issued, eviction ordered, forfeiture adjudge under any of the enactments hereby repealed shall, so far as may be, deemed to have been respectively done, incurred, assessed, imposed, held, served, issued, ordered, adjudged and made under this Act. (3) All rules made under the Orissa Prevention of land Encroachment Act 15 of 1954 shall be deemed to have been made under this Act. (4) Notwithstanding any judgement order of any Court all proceedings, whether original, appellate or by way of revision, started under the Orissa Prevention of Land Encroachment Act, 15 of 1954 which have been dismissed on or after the 12th November, 1969 merely on the ground that provisions contained in that Act were void, shall be restored to the file of the respective authorities who had dismissed the proceedings and shall be proceeded with and disposed of in accordance with the provisions contained in this Act as if they had never been so dismissed.