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(1) On and from the date on which this Act previoui Ct c o m e s jn t o fo r c e , the Assam Panchayati Raj Act, 1986 shall be deemed to be repealed. * Provided that— (a) till such time when new Rules are framed before * the expiry of one year from the coming into force of 73rd Amendment of the Constitution Act the rules framed under 1986 Act, shall remain valid ; (b) the said repeal shall not effect the validity or invali dity of anything already done under the said enactment ; (c) all rules and bye-laws, notifications, orders, appoint ments made, permissions and sanctions granted, taxes, cess, fees, or rates levied, contract entered into, suits instituted and proceedings taken under the Assam Panchayati Raj Act, 1986 and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall continue to be in force and so far as they are not inconsistent with this Act, shall be deemed to have been retrospectively made, granted, levied, entered into, instituted and taken under this Act until new provisions are made under this Act ; (d) all assets and liabilities including the funds which are vested in erstwhile Gaon Panchayats, Anchalik Panchay^s and Mahkuma Parishads under the provisions of the Assam * Panchayati Raj Act, 1986, shall vest in the Dy, Commissioner or the Sub-divisional Officer as the case may be and shall be held by him in trust until it can be made ovef to the Gaon Pan chayats, Anchalik Panchayats and Zilla Parishads constituted under this Act under the jurisdiction of which the area of the erstwhile Gaon Panchayat, Anchalik Panchayat and the Mahakuma Parishad is included ; (e) notwithstanding the repeal of the Assam Panchayati Raj Act, 1986, anyarear of taxes, cess, fees and rates which were levied by the Gaon Panchayats, Anchalik Panchayats, or the THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 6, 1994 685 Mahkuma Parishads, under provisions of the Assam Panchayati Raj Act, 1986, or any amount of money on account of fine or otherwise which was due to the Gaon Panchayat, Anchalik Panchayat or Mahkuma Parishad under the Assam Panchayati Raj Act, 1986, shall be recovered by the Gaon Panchayat, An chalik Panchayat and the Zilla Parishad, as the case may be and credited into the respective Panchayat Fund ; (f) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred In respect of any offence committed against the said A ct; or (g) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of such right, privilege, obligation, liabilities, for feiture or punishment aforesaid and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture, or punish ment may be imposed as if this Act had not been passed. (2) When a Gaon Panchayat or Anchalik Panchayat or Zilla Parishad is dissolved, all the members of the Gaon Panchayat, Anchalik Panchayat or Zilla Parishad, shall from the date of dissolution, vacate their offices as such members; I -• - ' (3) The persons vacating office on dissolution shall be elligible for reelection or reromihation. Remov*i of