BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of
India as follows:-
1.Short title and commencement.
1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu (Extension of the Code of Civil Procedure and the
Arbitration Act) Act, 1965.(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2.Definitions.
2. Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Goa, Daman and Diu” means the Union territory of Goa, Daman and
Diu;
(b) “Lieutenant-Governor” means the administrator of Goa, Daman and
Diu appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution.
3.Extension of Code of Civil Procedure and Arbitration Act, 1940 to Goa,Daman and
Diu.
3. Extension of Code of Civil Procedure and Arbitration Act, 1940 (10.of 1940), to Goa, Daman and Diu.-The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5.of 1908), and the Arbitration Act, 1940 (10 of 1940), as in force in the territories to which they generally exte d, are hereby extended to, and shall be in force in, Goa, Daman and Diu.
4.Repeal and saving.
4. Repeal and saving.-(1) So much of any law in force in Goa, Daman and Diu as corresponds to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of
1908), or the Arbitration Act, 1940 (10 of 1940), or any part of the said Code or Act, as the case may be, shall stand r pealed as from the coming into force of this Act in Goa, Daman and Diu:
Provided that the repeal shall not affect-
(a) the previous operation of any law so repealed or anything duly done or suffered thereunder, or
(b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any law so repealed, or
(c) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation or liability as aforesaid,
and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced as if this Act had not been passed:
Provided further that, subject to the preceding proviso, notifications published, declarations and rules made, places appointed, aggreements filed, awards made or filed, scales prescribed, forms framed, appointments made and powers conferred under any la w so repealed shall, so far as they are consistent with the said Code or, as the case may be, 1. 15-6-1966: vide Notification No. S.O. 1597, dated
24-5-1966, Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec. 3 (ii), p. 1471.the said Act have the same force and effect as if they had been respectively published, made, appointed, filed, prescribed, framed and conferred under the said Code or the said Act and by the authority empowered thereby in such behalf.
(2) In every law or notification passed or issued before the commencement of this Act in which reference is made to or to any
Chapter or section or provision of any law hereby repealed, such reference shall, so far as may be practicable, be taken to be m de to the said Code or, as the case may be, to the said Act or its corresponding Part, Order, section or rule.
5.Rules of construction.
5. Rules of construction.-(1) In the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5.of 1908), and in the Arbitration Act, 1940 (10 of 1940),-
(a) any reference to any provision of law not in force, or to any functionary not in existence, in Goa, Daman and Diu shall be construed as a reference to the corresponding law in force, or to the corresponding functionary in existence, in that Union ter itory:
Provided that-
(i) if any question arises as to who that corresponding functionary is, or
(ii) if there is no such corresponding functionary, the
Lieutenant-Governor shall decide as to who such functionary will be and his decision shall be final;
(b) any reference to the State Government shall be construed as a reference to the Central Government and also as including a reference to the Lieutenant-Governor.
(2) For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to
Goa, Daman and Diu of the said Code or the said Act, any court or other authority may construe it in such manner not affecting the substance as may be necessary or proper to adaptt it to he matter before the court or other authority.
6.Power to remove difficulties.
6. Power to remove Difficulties.-If any difficulty arises in giving effect in Goa, Daman and Diu to the provisions of the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), or the Arbitration Act, 1940 (10 of
1940), extended by this Act to that Union territory, he Central
Government may, by order in the Official Gazette, make such provisions or give such directions as appear to it to be necessary for the removal of the difficulty.
7.Consequential provisions.
7. Consequential provisions.-As from the commencement of this Act, in the Goa, Daman and Diu (Judicial Commissioners Court) Regulation,
1963 (Reg. 10 of 1963),-
(i) in section 8, in sub-section (1), the words “Subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force” shall be inserted at the commencement;
(ii) in section 16, after the words “subject to the provisions of this
Regulation”, the words “and until other provision is made by law”
shall be inserted;
(iii) in section 17, in sub-section (1), after the word “shall”, the words “, until other provision is made by law,” shall be inserted.*****************************************************
THE PRESS COUNCIL ACT, 1965.ACT NO. 34 OF 1965.Rep. by Press Council (Repealed) Act, 1976 (24 of 1976), s.3 (w.e.f.1-1-1976).