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Repeal and saving.———(1) The Kerala Restriction on Cutting and Destruction of Valuable Trees Act, 1974 (7 of 1974), and the Kerala Preservation of Trees Ordinance, 1986 (65 of 1986) are hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Kerala Preservation of Tiees Ordinance, 1986 (65 of 1986), anythin done or deemed to have been done or any action taken or deem to have been taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act: Provided that no person convicted of an offence with respect to anything so deemed to have been done under this Act, shall be subjected to a penalty greater than that which might have been inflicted under the law applicable to such offence, in force at the time of the commission of such offence: Provided further that nothing contained in this section shall render any person liable to be convicted of an oifence in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by him after the let day of August, 1983 and before the 30th day August, 1983 and after the 6th day of January, 1984 and before the 15th day of February, 1984.