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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Dramatic Performances Act, 1876 Amending Act I

Dramatic Performances (Delhi Repeal) Act, 1963

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Dramatic Performances Act, 1876 Amending Act I is part of Dramatic Performances Act, 1876 - Dramatic Performances (Delhi Repeal) Act, 1963. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

THE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES (DELHI REPEAL) ACT, 1963

[Act, No. 35 of 1963]

[26th September, 1963]

PREAMBLE

An Act to provide for the repeal of the Dramatic Performances Act, 1876, in force in the Union territory of Delhi.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

1. Short title.--

This Act may be called the Dramatic Performances (Delhi Repeal)Act, 1963.

2. Repeal of Dramatic Performances Act, 1876.--

On and from the date on which the Madras Dramatic Performances Act, 1954, (Madras Act XXXIII of 1954.) is extended by notification under section 2 of the Union Territories (Laws) Act, 1950, (30 of 1950) to the Union territory of Delhi, the Dramatic Performances Act, 1876, (19 of 1876) as in force in the Union territory, shall stand repealed.

3. Saving.--

The repeal of the Dramatic Performances Act, 1876, (19 of 1876) by section 2 shall not affect--

(a) the previous operation of the said Act or anything duly done or suffered thereunder; or

(b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the said Act; or

(c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against the said Act; or

(d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid;

and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed, as if the said Act had not been repealed.

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