law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  97. Repeal and
  
  savings. - 
  1.     
  
    With
  
  effect from such date as the Central Government may appoint in this behalf, the
  
  enactment and Orders specified in the Second Schedule shall stand repealed:
  
  Provided that such repeal shall not affect:-
               
  
   i.        
  
    the
  
  previous operations of the enactment and Orders under repeal or anything duly
  
  done or suffered thereunder; or
  any
  
  right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under
  
  any of the enactment or Orders under repeal; or
             
  
   iii.        
  
    any
  
  penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offences committed
  
  against the enactment and Orders under repeal; or
             
  
   iv.        
  
    any
  
  investigation or remedy in respect of any such penalty, forfeiture or
  
  punishment, and any such investigation, legal proceedings or remedy may be
  
  instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or
  
  punishment may be imposed, as if this Act had not been passed:
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  
    If
  
  there is any other law for the time being in force in any State, corresponding
  
  to this Act, the same shall upon the commencement of this Act, stand repealed
  
  and in such case, the provisions of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897
  
  shall apply as if such provisions of the State law had been repealed.
  3.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  the repeal of the aforesaid enactment and Orders, the licences issued under any
  
  such enactment or Order , which are in force on the date of commencement of
  
  this Act, shall continue to be in force till the date of their expiry for all
  
  purposes, as if they had been issued under the provisions of this Act or the
  
  rules or regulations made thereunder.
  4.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no court shall
  
  take cognizance of an offence under the repealed Act or Orders after the expiry
  
  of a period of three years from the date of the commencement of this Act.