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(1) The Kerala Restriction on Cutting and Destruction of Valuable Trees Act, 1974 (7 of 1974), is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding the cesser of operation of the Kerala Preservation of Trees and Regulation of Cultivation in Hill Areas Ordinance, 1983 (21 of 1983) (hereinafter referred to as the said Ordinance),- (a) anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Ordinance; (b) anything done or any action taken after the cesser of operation of the said Ordinance and before the date of publication of this Ordinance in the Gazette, which could have been done or taken under the said Ordinance if the said Ordinance had not ceased to operate, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Ordinance: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall render any person liable to be convicted of an offence in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by him after the cesser of operation of the said Ordinance and before the date of publication of this Ordinance in the Gazette.