Section 56:
General provisions as to statutory corporations.
(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided by
the foregoing provisions of this Part, where any body corporate constituted under a Central Act, State Act
or Provincial Act for the existing State of Assam or any part thereof has, by virtue of the provisions of
Part II, become an inter-State body corporate, then, the body corporate shall, on and from the appointed
day continue to function and operate in those areas in respect of which it was functioning and operating
immediately before that day, subject to such directions as may from time to time be issued by the Central
Government, until other provision is made by law in respect of the said body corporate.
(2) Any directions issued by the Central Government under sub-section (1) in respect of any such
body corporate may include a direction that any law by which the said body corporate is governed shall, in
its application to that body corporate, have effect, subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be
specified in the direction.