In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(11) "earlier law" means any of the following laws, that is to say, -

(i) The Bombay Sales of Motor Spirit Taxation Act, 1958 (Bom. LXVI of 1958)

(ii) The Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959, (Bom LI of 1959)

(iv) The Maharashtra Sales Tax on the Transfer of the Right to use any goods for any Purpose Act, 1985 (Mah XVIII of 1985), and

(v) The Maharashtra Sales Tax on the Transfer of Property in Goods involved in the Execution of Works Contract (Re-enacted) Act, 1989 (Mah XXXVI of 1989),

each of them as amended, from time to time, and includes enactments which have validated anything done or omitted to be done under any of the above mentioned laws;