(l) Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, anything done or any action taken (including any notification or direction issued or rents fixed or permission granted or order made) or purported to have been done or taken under the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1971 (23 of 1971) prior to its repeal, shall be deemed to be as valid and effective as if the provisions contained in the said Act and in the enactments subsequently amending the said Act were enacted after procuring the assent of the President, and the said Act had been in force at all material times when such thing was done or such action was taken.
(2) Nothing in this Act shall render any person guilty of an offence for any contravention of the provisions of this Act which was not an offence under the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1971 (23 of 1971) and which occurred before the appointed day.