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Notwithstanding anything contained in the West Ben- gal Molasses Control Act, 1949, or in any other law for the time being in force, no licence, permit, order, direction,, notification, price, proceeding, liability or penalty, punish- ment, thing or action which is purported to have been granted, made, issued, fixed, commenced, incurred, awarded, done or taken, as the case may be, on or after the 1st day of April, 1971,, and before the date of publication of this Act in the Official Gazette, shall be deemed to be invalid or ever to have become invalid merely on the ground that the said Act had expired, and every such licence, permit, order, direction, notification, price, proceeding, liability or penalty, punishment, thing or action shall be deemed to have been granted, made. issued, fixed, commenced, incurred, awarded, done or taken, as the case may be, under the corresponding provisions of the said Act, as re-enacted by this Act. West Banga I Act XIV of 1949. No crimi. 4. Notwithstanding the retrospective operation of this nal liabi- lity for Act, no contravention of, or failure to comply with, any pro- auy contra- vision of the West Bengal Molasses Control Act, 1949, as re- vention of enacted by this Act, shall render any person guilty of an. the Act offence if such contravention or failure had occurred on or between 1_4_1971 after the 1st day of April, 1971, but before the date of pub- arid the lication in the Official Gazette of this Act. date of publica- tion in the Official Gazette of this Act. V. V. GIRI, President. N D. P. NAMBOODIRIPAD, Joint Secy. to the Govt. of India. West Bengal Act XIV of 1940. PART V] THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, DECEMBER 30, 1971. 2590 Sp Reasons for the enactment The West Bengal Molasses Control Act, 1949, which was passed by the State Legislature in 1949, and had received the assent of the President, enabled the State Government to. control production, supply, distribution and trade in molasses in the State of West Bengal. The Act, as initially enacted, was to remain in force for a period of three years. The period of operation of the Act was, however, extended from time to time by legislation and the period of operation of the Act was last extended up to the 31st March, 1971. Due to elections and other pre-occupations, further extension of the period of operation of the Act after the 31st March, 1971, could not be made by the Government of West Bengal. That. Government has represented to the Central Government that the situation created by the expiry of the period of operation of the said Act is required to be urgently remedied by the re-enactment of that Act.