Where this Act, or any Bombay Act 1[or Maharashtra Act] made after the commencement of this Act, repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former enactment, then reference in any other enactment or in any instrument to the provision so repealed shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as reference to the provision so re-enacted.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>Where this Act, or any Bombay Act <sup>1</sup>[or Maharashtra Act] made after the commencement of this Act, repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former enactment, then reference in any other enactment or in any instrument to the provision so repealed shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as reference to the provision so re-enacted.<br>