Section 80:
Power to construe laws.
Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been
made under section 79 for the adaptation of a law made before the appointed day, any court, tribunal or
authority, required or empowered to enforce such law may, for the purpose of facilitating its application
in relation to the State of Madhya Pradesh or Chhattisgarh, construe the law in such manner, without
affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or
authority.