(1) The repeal of the said Acts specified in section 173 to the extent mentioned in section 173 shall not,-

(a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time of such repeal; or

(b) affect the previous operation of the repealed Acts and orders or anything duly done or suffered thereunder; or

(c) affect any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the repealed Acts or orders under such repealed Acts:

Provided that any tax exemption granted as an incentive against investment through a notification shall not continue as privilege if the said notification is rescinded on or after the appointed day; or

(d) affect any tax, surcharge, penalty, fine, interest as are due or may become due or any forfeiture or punishment incurred or inflicted in respect of any offence or violation committed against the provisions of the repealed Acts; or

(e) affect any investigation, inquiry, verification (including scrutiny and audit), assessment proceedings, adjudicationand any other legal proceedings or recovery of arrears or remedy in respect of any such tax, surcharge, penalty, fine, interest, right, privilege, obligation, liability, forfeiture or punishment, as aforesaid, and any such investigation, inquiry, verification (including scrutiny and audit), assessment proceedings, adjudication and other legal proceedings or recovery of arrears or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such tax, surcharge, penalty, fine, interest, forfeiture or punishment may be levied or imposed as if these Acts had not been sorepealed;

(f) affect any proceedings including that relating to an appeal, revision, review or reference, instituted before, on or after the appointed day under the said repealed Acts and such proceedings shall be continued under the said repealed Acts as if this Act had not come into force and the said Acts had not been repealed.

(1A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in subsection (1)-

(a) nothing contained in the proviso to clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall apply to notification number S.O 391, dated 10th November, 2011 issued by the Commercial Taxes Department, Government of Bihar, Patna, and

(b) the validity of notification number S.O 391, dated 10th November, 2011 issued by the Commercial Taxes Department, Government of Bihar, Patna is extended till the 30th day of June, 2017.

(2) The mention of the particular matters referred to in section 173 and sub-section (1) shall not be held to prejudice or affect the general application of section 8 of the Bihar and Orissa General Clauses Act, 1917 with regard to the effect of repeal.