Section 17 of the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities…
Section 17(1) repeals the Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Ordinance, 1979, which the Act replaced. The Essential…
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Section 17 of the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 repeals which prior law?
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Section 17(1) repeals the Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Ordinance, 1979, which the Act replaced. The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 remains in force alongside it, the National Security Ordinance, 1980 was repealed by the National Security Act, 1980, and the Preventive Detention Act, 1950 had expired long before.