Section 29A:
Repeal and savings.
1[29A. Repeal and savings.--(1) The Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952 (74 of 1952) is
hereby repealed.
(2) On and from the date of repeal of Forward Contracts Act--
(a) the rules and regulations framed by the Central Government and the Commission under the
Forward Contracts Act, shall stand repealed;
(b) all authorities and entities established by the Central Government under the Forward
Contracts Act, including the Commission and the Advisory Council established under section 25 of
that Act, shall stand dissolved;
(c) anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken including any
inspection, order, penalty, proceeding or notice made, initiated or issued or any confirmation or
declaration made or any licence, permission, authorisation or exemption granted, modified or
revoked, or any document or instrument executed, or any direction given under the Act repealed in
sub-section (1), shall be continued or enforced by the Security Board, as if that Act had not been
repealed;
(d) all offences committed, and existing proceedings with respect to offences which may have
been committed under the Forward Contracts Act, shall continue to be governed by the provisions of
that Act, as if that Act had not been repealed;
(e) a fresh proceeding related to an offence under the Forward Contracts Act, may be initiated by
the Security Board under that Act within a period of three years from the date on which that Act is
repealed and be proceeded with as if that Act had not been repealed;
(f) no court shall take cognizance of any offence under the Forward Contracts Act from the date
on which that Act is repealed, except as provided in clauses (d) and (e);
(g) clauses (d), (e) and (f) shall not be held to or affect the general application of section 6 of the
General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) with regard to the effect of repeal to matters not covered
under these sub-sections.]
Notes:
1. Sections 29A or 29B shall stand by ins. (date to be notified) by Act 20 of 2015, s. 132