Anything done or any proceedings commenced in pursuance of the provisions of Chapter VI of the Special Powers Ordinance, 1932 (10 of 1932), shall, upon the commencement of this Act, be deemed to have been done or to have been commenced in pursuance of the corresponding provisions of the Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908 (45 of 1908), as amended by this Act, and shall have effect as if this Act was already in force when such thing was done or such proceedings were commenced.
                                                    STATE AMENDMENT
     Maharashtra.--
     Deletion of sections 18 of Act XXIII of 1932.--Sections 13 and 19 of the principal Act of 1932 shall be deleted.
[Vide Bombay Act XXIV of 1959, s. 6]