State of Arunachal Pradesh Act,1986
Act No : 69
Section :
Continuance of existing laws and their adaptations.
46. Continuance of existing laws and their adaptations. (1) All
laws in force, immediately before the appointed day, in the existing
Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh shall continue to be in force in
the State of Arunachal Pradesh until altered, repealed or amended by a
competent Legislature or other competent authority.
(2) For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation
to the State of Arunachal Pradesh of any law made before the appointed
day, the appropriate Government may, within two years from that day,
by order, make such adaptations and modifications of the law, whether
by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and
thereupon every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations
and modifications so made until altered, repealed or amended by a
competent Legislature or other competent authority.
Explanation.--In this section, the expression "appropriate
Government" means, as respects any law relating to a matter enumerated
in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, the
Central Government and as respects any other law, the Government of
the State of Arunachal Pradesh.
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