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All reference to the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912 or to the Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1973 or to the West Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 occurring in any enactment for the time being in force in West Bengal shall, in the application of any such enactment thereto, be construed as reference to this Act; and anything done or any proceeding commenced in pursuance of any such enactment on or after the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been done or commenced and to have had effect as if any reference in such enactment to the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912 or to the Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1940 or to the West Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1940 or to the West Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 had been a reference to this Act and no such thing or proceeding shall be deemed to have been invalid on the ground that such enactment did not refer to this Act.