Section 79:
Power to adapt laws.
For the purpose of facilitating the application of any law in relation to any
of the States of Union territories formed or established by the provisions of Part II, the appropriate
Government may, before the expiration of two years from the appointed 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made until altered, repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.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 "the appropriate Government" means—
(a) as respects any law relating to a matter enumerated in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule
to the Constitution, the Central Government; and
(b) as respects any other law,—
(i) in its application to a State, the State Government, and
(ii) in its application to a Union territory, the Central Government.