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Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 29th August, 2002, pp. 1611 and 1616. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH TOLLS ACT, 1975 13 principal Act, before the publication of the said Act shall and shall always be deemed to have been validly levied, collected or paid in accordance with the law ; (ii) no suit or other proceedings shall be maintained or continued in any court or before any authority for the refund of, and no enforcement shall made by any court or authority of any decree or order directing the refund of any such aforesaid toll which has been collected or paid ; (iii) recoveries, if any, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act as amended by the said Act, of all amounts which would have been collected thereunder as such aforesaid toll if the said Act had been in force at all material times ; and (iv) any action taken or anything done (including any rule or order made, any barrier established or removed, notification issued or directions given) under the principal Act, before the publication of the said Act, shall and shall always be deemed to have been validly taken or done in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act, as amended by the said Act. (2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that- (a) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed as preventing any person- (i) from questioning in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, the levy, collection or payment of the aforesaid toll; or (ii) from claiming refund of the aforesaid toll paid by him in excess of the amount due from him under the provisions of the principal Act as amended by the said Act; and (b) No act or omission on the part of any person, before the publication of the said Act, shall be punishable as an offence which would not have been so punishable if the said Act had not come into force. ______________