Section 6:
Repeal of laws in transferred areas in Himachal Pradesh.
On the commencement of this
Act in the transferred areas in the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, the Punjab Separation of
Judicial and Executive Functions Act, 1964 (Punjab Act 25 of 1964) and the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 18981 (5 of 1898), as in force immediately before such commencement in the said areas shall
stand repealed except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such repeal under the said
Punjab Act or under the provisions of the laws amended by the said Punjab Act and section 6 of the
General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), shall apply upon such repeal as if such repeal were a repeal of an
enactment by a Central Act; and on such commencement, the said Code as amended by this Act shall
extend to, and come into force in, the said areas and the provisions of the laws (other than the said Code)
amended by the said Punjab Act shall have effect in the said areas as if such provisions had not been
amended by the said Punjab Act.
Explanation.--In this section, "transferred areas" means the territories added to the Union territory
of Himachal Pradesh by sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966),
except the territories comprised in the districts of Lahaul and Spiti.
Notes:
1. See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).