Power to construe laws enables authorities to adapt pre-existing statutes for practical application while preserving substance. Notwithstanding any absence or insufficiency of adaptation under section 96, a court, tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce a pre appointed day law may construe that law as necessary to facilitate its application in relation to the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir or Ladakh, provided such construction does not affect the substance and is limited to the matter before the deciding body.
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Power to construe laws enables authorities to adapt pre-existing statutes for practical application while preserving substance.
Notwithstanding any absence or insufficiency of adaptation under section 96, a court, tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce a pre appointed day law may construe that law as necessary to facilitate its application in relation to the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir or Ladakh, provided such construction does not affect the substance and is limited to the matter before the deciding body.
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