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Territorial extent of and power to adept laws - (1) The provisions of section 3 or section 4 shall not be deemed to have effected any change in the territories to which any law in force immediately before the 15th November, 1969 or the 2nd February, 1970, as the case may be, extends or applies, and territorial references in any such law to the district of Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Nellore or Kurnool shall, until otherwise provided by the State Legislature or other competent authority, continue to have the same meaning. (2) For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to the district of Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, 1[Prakasam], Guntur, Nellore or Kurnool of any law made before the 15th November, 1969 or the 2nd February, 1970, as the case may be, the Government may, by notification, 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and thereupon every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made until altered, repealed or amended by the State Legislature or other competent authority.