law: Essential Commodities Act, 1955 
  16. Repeals and Savings.
  
  (1) The following laws are hereby repealed, -
  (a) The Essential
  
  Commodities Ordinance, 1955 ( Ord . 1 of 1955);
  (b) any other law in
  
  force in any State immediately before the commencement of this Act in so far as
  
  such law controls or authorizes the control of the production, supply and
  
  distribution of, and trade and commerce in, any essential commodity.
  (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, any order
  
  made or deemed to be made by any authority whatsoever, under any law repealed
  
  hereby and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall, in
  
  so far as such order may be made under this Act, be deemed to be made under
  
  this Act and continue in force, and accordingly any appointment made, license
  
  or permit granted or direction issued under any such order and in force
  
  immediately before such commencement shall continue in force until and unless
  
  it is superseded by any appointment made, license or permit granted or
  
  direction issued under this Act.
  (3) The provisions of sub-section (2) shall be
  
  without prejudice to the provisions contained in Sec. 6 of the General Clauses
  
  Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), which shall also apply to the repeal of the Ordinance
  
  or other law referred to in sub-section (1) as if such Ordinance or other law
  
  had been an enactment.