law: The Competition Act, 2002 
  66. Repeal and
  
  saving.-
  1.  
  
    The
  
  Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969) is hereby
  
  repealed and the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
  
  established under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the said Act (hereinafter
  
  referred to as the repealed Act) shall stand dissolved.
  2.  
  
    On
  
  the dissolution of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission,
  
  the person appointed as the Chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade
  
  Practices Commission and every other person appointed as Member and Director
  
  General of Investigation and Registration, Additional, Joint, Deputy, or
  
  Assistant Directors General of Investigation and Registration and any officer
  
  and other employee of that Commission and holding office as such immediately
  
  before such dissolution shall vacate their respective offices and such Chairman
  
  and other Members shall be entitled to claim compensation not exceeding three
  
  months' pay and allowances for the premature termination of term of their
  
  office or of any contract of service: Provided that the Director General of
  
  Investigation and Registration, Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant
  
  Directors General of Investigation and Registration or any officer or other
  
  employee who has been, immediately before the dissolution of the Monopolies and
  
  Restrictive Trade Practices Commission appointed on deputation basis to the
  
  Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, shall, on such
  
  dissolution, stand reverted to his parent cadre, Ministry or Department, as the
  
  case may be: Provided further that the Director General of Investigation and
  
  Registration, Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Directors General of
  
  Investigation and Registration or any officer or other employee who has been,
  
  immediately before the dissolution of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade
  
  Practices Commission, employed on regular basis by the Monopolies and
  
  Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, shall become, on and from such
  
  dissolution, the officer and employee, respectively, of the Central Government
  
  with the same rights and privileges as to pension, gratuity and other like
  
  matters as would have been admissible to him if the rights in relation to such
  
  Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission had not been continue to
  
  do so unless and until his employment in the Central Government is duly
  
  terminated or until his remuneration, terms and conditions of employment are
  
  duly altered by that Government: transferred to, and vested in, t e Central
  
  Government and shall Provided also that notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), or in any other law for the
  
  time being in force, the transfer of the services of any Director General of
  
  Investigation and Registration, Additional, point, Deputy or Assistant
  
  Directors General of Investigation and Registration or any officer or other
  
  employee, employed in the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices
  
  Commission, to the Central Government shall not entitle such Director General
  
  of Investigation and Registration, Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant
  
  Directors General of Investigation and Registration or any officer or other
  
  employee any compensation under this Act or any other law for the time being in
  
  force and no such claim shall be entertained by any court, tribunal or other
  
  authority: Provided also that where the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade
  
  Practices Commission has established a provident fund, superannuation, welfare
  
  or other fund for the benefit of the Director General of Investigation and
  
  Registration, Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Directors General of
  
  Investigation and Registration or the officers and other employees employed in
  
  the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, the monies relatable
  
  to the officers and other employees whose services have been transferred by or
  
  under this Act to the Central Government shall, out of the monies standing, on
  
  the dissolution of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission to
  
  the credit of such provident fund, superannuation, welfare or other fund, stand
  
  transferred to, and vest in, the Central Government and such monies which stand
  
  so transferred shall be dealt with by the said Government in such manner as may
  
  be prescribed.
  3.  
  
    All
  
  cases pertaining to monopolistic trade practices or restrictive trade practices
  
  pending before the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission on or
  
  before the commencement of this Act, including such cases, in which any unfair
  
  trade practice has also been alleged, shall, on such commencement, stand
  
  transferred to the Competition Commission of India and shall be adjudicated by
  
  that Commission in accordance with the provisions of the repealed Act as if
  
  that Act had not been repealed.
  4.  
  
  
  
    Subject
  
  to the provisions of sub-section (3), all cases pertaining to unfair trade practices
  
  other than those referred to in clause (x) of sub-section (1) of section 36A of
  
  the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969) and
  
  penning before the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission on or
  
  before the commencement of this Act shall, on such commencement, stand
  
  transferred to the National Commission constituted under the Consumer
  
  Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986) and he National Commission shall dispose of
  
  such cases as if they were cases filed under that Act: Provided that the
  
  National Commission may, if it considers appropriate, transfer any case
  
  transferred to it under this sub-section, to the concerned State Commission
  
  established under section 9 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986)
  
  and that S ate Commission shall dispose of such case as if it was filed under
  
  that Act.
  5.  
  
    All
  
  cases pertaining to unfair trade practices referred to in clause (x) of
  
  sub-section (1) of section 36A of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade
  
  Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969) and pending before the Monopolies and
  
  Restrictive Trade Practices Commission on or before the commencement of this
  
  Act shall, on such commencement, stand transferred to the Competition
  
  Commission of India, and the Competition Commission of India shall dispose of
  
  such cases as if they were cases filed under that Act.
  6.  
  
    All
  
  investigations or proceedings, other than those relating to unfair trade
  
  practices, pending before the Director General of Investigation and
  
  Registration on or before the commencement of this Act shall, on such
  
  commencement, stand transferred to he Competition Commission of India, and the
  
  Competition Commission of India may conduct or order for conduct of such
  
  investigation or proceedings in the manner as it deems fit.
  7.  
  
    All
  
  investigations or proceedings, relating to unfair trade practices, other than
  
  those referred to in clause (x) of sub-section (1) of section 36A of the
  
  Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969) and pending
  
  before the Direct r General of Investigation and Registration on or before the
  
  commencement of this Act shall, on such commencement, stand transferred to the
  
  National Commission constituted under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of
  
  1986) and the National Commission m y conduct or order for conduct of such
  
  investigation or proceedings in the manner as it deems fit.
  8.  
  
    All
  
  investigations or proceedings relating to unfair trade practices referred to in
  
  clause (x) of sub-section (1) of section 36A of the Monopolies and Restrictive
  
  Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), and pending before the Director General
  
  of Investigation and Registration on or before the commencement of this Act
  
  shall, on such commencement, stand transferred to the Competition Commission of
  
  India and the Competition Commission of India may conduct or order for conduct
  
  of such investigation in the manner as it deems fit.
  9.  
  
    Save
  
  as otherwise provided under sub-sections (3) to (8), all cases or proceedings
  
  pending before the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission shall
  
  abate.
  10.  
  
    The
  
  mention of the particular matters referred to in sub-sections (3) to (8) shall
  
  not be held to prejudice or affect the general application of section 6 of the
  
  General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) with regard to the effect of repeal.