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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, JUNE 4, 1949



Validity of certain laws section 2 of the India (Central Government and Legislature) Act, 1946.

4. For the removal of doubts it is hereby enacted—

(a) that all laws heretofore made under section 2 of the India (Central Government and Legislature) Act, 1946, with respect to trade and commerce (whether or not within a Province) in, and the production, supply and distribution of, coal shall be deemed to have been made under the said section as amended by this Act;

(b) that no order made under, and no action taken in exercise of any power conferred by or under, any such law shall be deemed to be invalid or called in question on the ground merely that such law conferred or purported to confer powers in excess of the powers that might, at the time such law was made, be lawfully conferred by a law made or deemed to have ' been made under the said section 2.

K. V. K. SUNDRAM, Secretary.

Published by the Manager of Publications, Delhi, India.
Printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, New Delhi, India.