53. Territorial extent of laws.—The provisions of Part II shall not be deemed to have effect any
change in the territories to which any law in force immediately before the appointed day extends or
applies, and territorial references in any such law to the State of Madras or of Mysore shall, until
otherwise provided by a competent Legislature or other competent authority, continue to have the
same meaning.
54. Power to adapt law.—For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to the State of
Andhra, Madras or Mysore of any law made before the appointed day, the appropriate Government
may, before the 1st day of April, 1954, by order make such adaptations and modifications of the law,
whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and thereupon every such
law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made until altered, repealed or
amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.
Explanation.—In this section, the expression “appropriate Government” means as respects a law
relating to a matter enumerated in List I of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, the Central
Government, and as respects any other law, the State Government of Andhra, Madras or Mysore, as
the case may be.
55. Power to construe laws.—Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has
been made under section 54 of the adaptation of a law made before the appointed day, any court,
tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce such law may, for the purpose of facilitating
its application in relation to the State of Andhra, Madras or Mysore, construe the law with such
alterations not affecting the substance as may be necessary or proper to adapt it to the matter before
the Court, tribunal or authority, as the case may be.
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56. Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions.—The Governor as
respects the State of Andhra and the Rajpramukh as respects the transferred territory may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, specify the authority, officer or person who as from the appointed
day shall be competent to exercise such functions exercisable under any law in force on that day as
may be mentioned in that notification and such law shall have effect accordingly.
57. Legal proceedings concerned the State of Madras.—Where, immediately before the
appointed day, the State of Madras is a party to any legal proceedings with respect to any property,
rights or liabilities subject to apportionment between the State of Madras and the States of Andhra and
Mysore under this Act, the State which succeeds to, or acquires a share in, that property or those
rights or liabilities by virtue of any provision of this Act shall be deemed to be substituted for the
State of Madras as a party to those proceedings or to be added as a party thereto, as the case may be,
and the proceedings may continue accordingly.
58. Provisions as to certain pending proceedings.—(1) Every proceeding pending immediately
before the appointed day before a Court (other than the High Court), tribunal, authority or officer—
(a) in any area which on that day falls within the State of Madras or the transferred territory
shall, if it is a proceeding relating exclusively to any part of the territories which as from that day
are the territories of the State of Andhra, stand transferred to the corresponding court, tribunal,
authority or officer in the State of Andhra, or
(b) in any area which on that day falls within the State of Madras or the State of Andhra shall,
if it is a proceeding relating exclusively to any part of the transferred territory, stand transferred to
the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer in the State of Mysore.
(2) If any question arises as to whether any proceeding shall stand transferred under sub-section
(1), it shall be referred for the decision of the Chief Justice of the High Court at Madras and his
decision shall be final.
(3) In this section—
(a) “proceeding” includes any suit, case or appeal, and
(b) “corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer” in relation to a State means—
(i) the court, tribunal authority or officer in which the proceeding would have lain if the
proceeding had been instituted after the appointed day, or
(ii) in case of doubt, such court, tribunal, authority or officer in the State as may be
determined, before the appointed day by the Governor of Madras, and after the appointed day
by the Governor or Rajpramukh of that State, to be the corresponding court, tribunal,
authority or officer.