Section 79:
Power to adapt laws.
For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to the State of
Madhya Pradesh or Chhattisgarh of any law made before the appointed day, the appropriate Government
may, before the expiration of 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repealed or amended by a competent legislature or other competent authority.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, the Central Government, and as respects any other law
in its application to a State, the State Government.