https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305813 A prosecution for breach of a temporary law that expired by efflux of time could not be commenced or continued after expiry unless a saving provision validly survived and applied. Section 6 of the General Clauses Act did not preserve liability where the enactment ended by its own terms, and a saving clause inserted by a later ordinance could not assist once that ordinance was repealed before prosecution began. Section 102(4) of the Government of India Act also could not sustain the case after repeal by the Constitution, as Article 372 continued only laws then in force. The prosecution was therefore invalid. en-us Fri, 30 Apr 1954 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 15:10:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305813 A prosecution for breach of a temporary law that expired by efflux of time could not be commenced or continued after expiry unless a saving provision validly survived and applied. Section 6 of the General Clauses Act did not preserve liability where the enactment ended by its own terms, and a saving clause inserted by a later ordinance could not assist once that ordinance was repealed before prosecution began. Section 102(4) of the Government of India Act also could not sustain the case after repeal by the Constitution, as Article 372 continued only laws then in force. The prosecution was therefore invalid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 30 Apr 1954 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305813