(1) The Essential Commodities (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2009(Ord. 9 of 2009), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Essential Commodities (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2009(Ord. 9 of 2009), anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall, subject to the provisions contained in sub-section (3), be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.
(3) Nothing contained in sub-section (2) shall apply to clause 3B of the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, as inserted by the Government of India in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Order number S.O.266 (E)/Ess Com./Sugarcane dated the 22nd October, 2009 or any thing done or any action taken thereunder.