law: Special Marriage Act, 1954 
  51. Repeals and
  
  savings  
  (1) The Special
  
  Marriage Act, 1872, and any law corresponding to the Special Marriage Act,
  
  1872, in force in any Part B State immediately before the commencement of this
  
  Act are hereby repealed.
  (2) Notwithstanding
  
  such repeal,-
  (a) all marriage duly solemnized under the
  
  Special Marriage Act, 1872, or any such corresponding law shall be deemed to
  
  have been solemnized under this Act ;
  (b) all suits and proceedings in causes and
  
  matter matrimonial which, when this Act comes into operation, are pending in
  
  any court, shall be dealt with and decided by such court, so far as may be, as
  
  if they had been originally instituted therein under this Act,
  (3) The provisions of
  
  sub-section (2) shall be without prejudice to the provisions contained in
  
  section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, which shall also apply to the
  
  repeal of the corresponding law had been an enactment.