CH. 30.
Indian
Independence
io
& ii GEO.
6.
Act,
1947.
(4) Nothing
in
this section
affects
any court
outside the
new Dominions,
and the power
conferred
by section two
of the
Indian
and Colonial Divorce
Jurisdiction
Act,
1926, to
apply
certain provisions of that
Act to
other
parts
of His Majesty's
dominions
as they apply to
India
shall
be deemed to
be power
to
apply
those provisions as
they would
have applied to India
if this Act
had
not
passed.
Provisions
as
18.-(1)
In so far as any Act of Parliament,
Order
in
Council,
to
existing
order,
rule,
regulation
or other.
instrument
passed
or
made
before
laws,
etc.
the appointed
day operates otherwise
than
as part
of the
law
of
British India or the
new Dominions, references therein
to India
or British
India, however
worded
and
whether
by
name or not,
shall, in
so
far
as the
context
permits and
except so
far as
Parliament
may
hereafter otherwise provide, be
construed
as,
or
as
including, references
to the
new Dominions,
taken together, or
taken separately, according as the circumstances
and subject
matter may require
:
Provided
that
nothing in
-this
subsection shall be
construed
as
continuing in operation
any
provision' in so
far
as the
continuance
thereof as
adapted
by
this
subsection is
inconsistent
with any
of the provisions,c .f this
Act
other than this section.
(2) Subject
to
the provisions of subsection
(1),
of this section
and,
to any other
express provision of this
Act,
the Orders in
Council
made under
subsection
(5) of
section three hundred and
eleven
of the Government
of
India Act, 1935, for
adapting and
modifying
Acts of Parliament shall, except so far as Parliament
may hereafter otherwise
provide, continue in force in relation
to
all Acts in
so
far as
they operate otherwise than as part of
the
law
of British India
or
the new Dominions.
(3) Save as otherwise expressly
provided
in this Act,
the law
of
British
India and of the
several parts
thereof
existing imme-
diately
before the appointed day shall, so far as applicable
and
with
the
necessary
adaptations, continue as tfie law of
each of
the new
Dominions and the
several parts thereof
until other
provision is made by laws of the Legislature of the
Dominion in
question or by any other
Legislature
or
other
authority having
power in that behalf.
(q.) It is hereby declared
that the Instruments
of Instructions
issued
before the passing
of this
Act
by
His
Majesty
to
the
Governor-General and
the Governors of
Provinces lapse as from
the
appointed day, and nothing in
this
Act shall be construed as
continuing
in force
any
provision
of the,
Government
of India
Act,
1935,
relating to
such Instruments of
Instructions.
(5) As from the appointed day, so much
of any
enactment as
requires
the approval of His Majesty'in Council
to any rules
of
court shall
not apply
to any court in either
of the new Dominions.
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