Section 52. Repeal and savings

52. Repeal and savings. — (1) The Lighthouse Act, 1927 (17 of 1927) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Lighthouse Act, 1927 (17 of 1927) (herein referred to as the repealed Act), — (a) any notification, rule, regulation, bye-law, order or exemption issued, made or granted under the repealed Act shall, until revoked, have effect as if it had been issued, made or granted under the provisions of this Act; (b) any office established or created, officer appointed and anybody elected or constituted under the repealed Act shall continue and shall be deemed to have been established, created, appointed, elected, or constituted, as the case may be, under this Act; (c) any document referring to the repealed Act shall be construed as referring to this Act or to the provision of this Act; (d) any fine levied under the repealed Act may be recovered as if it had been levied under this Act; (e) any offence committed under the repealed Act may be prosecuted and punished as if it had been committed under this Act; (f) any proceeding pending before any court under the repealed Act may be tried or disposed of under the corresponding provisions of this Act; (g) the officers appointed under the provisions of the repealed Act and continuing during the commencement of this Act shall continue as if they have been appointed under this Act; (h ) any person appointed under or by virtue of the repealed Act shall be deemed to have been appointed to that office under or by virtue of this Act; (i) any inspection, investigation or inquiry ordered to be done under the provisions of the repealed Act shall continue to be proceeded with as if such inspection, investigation or inquiry was ordered to be done under the corresponding provisions of this Act. STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS The Lighthouse Act, 1927 (the said Act) was enacted to consolidate and amend the law relating to the provision, maintenance and control of lighthouse by the Government in India. Prior to the year 1927, there was no uniform system of management of lighthouse services in British India which included Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh and also various Princely States. As a first step to centralise the administration of lighthouses, the government decided to enact the said Act to administer thirty two lighthouses in the then six districts, namely Aden, Karachi, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta and Rangoon.