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THE AZAD KASHMIR INTERPRETATION OF LAWS ACT, 1954 THE AZAD KASHMIR INTERPRETATION OF LAWS ACT, 1954. (Passed Under Council Order No. 426/54, Dated 17-12-1954) (This Act has teen reported from the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Laws Code, Volume II, see pages 126 & 127.) Whereas it is necessary to provide for the interpretation of laws in force in the Azad Kashmir Territory; it is hereby enacted as follows :- 3. In the Laws of Old Regime in force in Azad Kashmir Territory;- (i) the expressions "His Highness", "Maharaja Bahadur", "Council of Ministers", "Government", and references to the "Jagir Administration" or to "Heads" of such Jagir Administration, shall, as far as practicable, be construed to refer to Azad Kashmir Government; (ii) Wherever there is a reference in any law of the Old Regime to any other law and where such other law has been replaced by the Azad Kashmir Government, the reference to such law shall be construed to refer to the corresponding provisions of the newly adapted or enacted law.