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(1) With effect from the date of coming into force of this Act, the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, shall stand repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal,— (a) every budget passed, loan taken, assessment made, building plan sanctioned, licence or permission or sanction granted or any other similar action taken under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, and in force at the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been passed, taken, made, sanctioned, granted or issued under this Act and shall, unless altered, modified, cancelled, suspended, or withdrawn, as the case may be, under this Act, remain in force for the period, if any, for which it was so passed, taken, made, sanctioned, granted or issued; Savings as to certain suits and proceedings. Penalties and punishments. Repeal and savings. 387 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. [West Ben. Act (Part X.—Powers, Procedures, Penalties and Savings.—Chapter Delegation, Co-ordination and Contra—Section 442.) (b) all properties, movable or immovable, all rights of whatever kind, used, enjoyed or possessed by, and all interest of whatever kind, owned by, or vested in a Municipality as constituted under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, shall, at the commencement of this Act, be deemed to be owned by, or vested in, the Municipality as constituted under this Act; (c) all contracts made or liabilities incurred by a Municipality as constituted under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, and legally subsisting against such Municipality shall, at the commencement of this Act, pass on to the Municipality as constituted under this Act; and (d) all officers or other employees appointed under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, and continuing in office immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Act. Ben. Act XV of 1932. Removal of difficulties.