- During the continuance in force of this Act, ——

(1)

the Official Secrets Act, 1923 (19 of 1923), shall have effect as it, ——

(a) in sub-section (1) of section 5, after the words "in such a place,", the words and figures "or which relates to or is used in, a protected area as defined in the rules made under the Defence of India Act, 1971, or relates to anything in such area," had been inserted; and after the words "an enemy ", the words and figures "as defined in the Defence of India Act, 1971," had been inserted;

(b) for sub-section (4) of section 5, the following sub-section had been substituted, namely: ——

(2)

the Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934), shall have effect as if——

(a) at the end of clause (r) of sub-section (2) of section 5, the following words had been inserted, namely: ——

(b) in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 8, for the words, brackets, letters and figures "clause (h) or clause (i) of sub-section (2) of section 5", the words, brackets, letters and figures "clause (d), (e), (h), (i), (k) or (l) of sub-section (2) of section 5, or the commission of an offence punishable under section 11" had been substituted;

(c) in section 11, after the words "in the air ", the words "or in such a manner as to interfere with any of the Armed Forces of the Union or any ships or aircraft " had been inserted;

(d) in section 13, for the words, brackets, letter and figures "clause (i) of sub-section (2) of section 5", the words, brackets, letters and figures "clause (c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j), or (k) of sub-section (2) of section 5 or punishable under section 11" had been substituted; and

(e) section 14 had been omitted;

(3)

the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1939), shall have effect as if after clause (i) of sub-section (2) of section 7, the following clause had been inserted, namely: ——

"(ii) deductions made with the written authorisation of——

(i) the employed person; or

(ii) the president or secretary of the registered trade union of which the employed person is a member on such conditions as may be prescribed,

(4)

the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 of 1936) (in this clause referred to as the "said Act ") shall have effect subject to the following provisions, namely: ——

(a) the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, authorise, subject to such conditions, if any, as it may think fit to impose, any person——

(b) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 58 or section 62 of the said Act, the proper authority may grant a permit or a temporary permit under the said Chapter to be effective for any specified period or for the period of operation of this Act, whichever is less;

(c) the State Government may, by general or special order, in writing, provide that the proper authority, ——

(d) without prejudice to the provisions of section 60 of the said Act, the proper authority may, if in its opinion the public interest so requires, cancel, or modify the conditions of, or suspend for such period as it thinks fit, any permit or counter-signature under the said Chapter which is valid in its jurisdiction;

(e) the Central Government or the State Government may, by general or special order in writing, exempt from all or any of the provisions of the said Chapter any transport vehicle used or required for use in connection with any work or purpose declared by the Central Government or, as the case may be, the State Government in the order to be a work or purpose connected with the defence of India, the conduct of military operations or civil defence;

(f) if the State Government by general or special order in writing so directs, the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 38 of the said Act shall have effect in relation to any controlled motor vehicles specified in the order as if in the said sub-section, the words "not being in any case more than two years or less than six months " and the proviso and the Explanation had been omitted.

(5)

the Civil Defence Act, 1968 (27 of 1968), shall have effect as if, ——

(a) for sub-section (3) of section 3, the following sub-section had been substituted, namely: ——

(b) in section 11, sub-section 11, sub-section (2) had been omitted;

(c) after section 16, the following sections had been inserted, namely: ——