94. Amendment of section 15 of Act 37 of 1956.—On and from the appointed day, in section 15
of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, in clause (a), for the words “Jammu and Kashmir” the words
“Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh” shall be substituted.
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95. Territorial extent of laws.— (1) All Central laws in Table-1 of the Fifth Schedule to this Act,
on and from the appointed day, shall apply in the manner as provided therein, to the Union territory of
Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh.
(2) All other laws in Fifth Schedule, applicable to existing State of Jammu and Kashmir
immediately before the appointed day, shall apply in the manner as provided therein, to the Union
territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh.
96. Power to adapt laws.—For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to the
successor Union territories, of any law made before the appointed day, as detailed in Fifth Schedule to
this Act, the Central Government may, before the expiration of one year from that day, 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modifications so made until altered, repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other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.
97. Power to construe laws.—Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has
been made under section 96 for 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 Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or Union territory of Ladakh,
construe the law in such manner, without affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper in
regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority.
98. Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions.—The Lieutenant
Governor, as respects the concerned territory may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the
authority, officer or person who, on or after 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.
99. Legal proceedings.—Where, immediately before the appointed day, the existing State of
Jammu and Kashmir is a party to any legal proceedings with respect to any property, rights or
liabilities subject to apportionment among the successor Union territories under this Act, the Union
territory of Jammu and Kashmir or the Union territory of Ladakh 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 existing State of Jammu and Kashmir or added as a party to those
proceedings, and the proceedings may continue accordingly.
100. Transfer of pending proceedings.—(1) Every proceeding pending immediately before the
appointed day before a court (other than High Court), tribunal, authority or officer in any area which
on that day falls within the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall, if it is a proceeding relating exclusively
to the territory, which as from that day are the territories of any Union territory, stand transferred to
the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer of that Union territory.
(2) If any question arises as to whether any proceeding should stand transferred under
sub-section (1), it shall be referred to the common High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and the
decision of that High Court shall be final.
(3) In this section—
(a) proceeding includes any suit, case or appeal; and
(b) corresponding court, tribunal authority or officer in any of Union territory means—
(i) the court, tribunal, authority or officer in which, or before whom, the proceeding would
have laid if it had been instituted after the appointed day; or
(ii) in case of doubt, such court, tribunal, authority, or officer in that Union territory, as may
be determined after the appointed day by the Government or administration of that Union
territory, or the Central Government, as the case may be, or before the appointed day by the
Government of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir to be the corresponding court,
tribunal, authority or officer.
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101. Right of pleaders to practise in certain cases.—Any person who, immediately before the
appointed day, is enrolled as a pleader entitled to practise in any subordinate court in the existing State
of Jammu and Kashmir shall, for a period of one year from that day, continue to be entitled to practise
in those courts, notwithstanding that the whole or any part of the territories within the jurisdiction of
those courts has been transferred to any of the Union territories.
102. Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws.—The provisions of this Act
shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law.
103. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions
of this Act, the President may, by order do anything not inconsistent with such provisions which
appears to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty:
Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of five years from the
appointed day.
(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament.