Section 48
Continuance of civil and criminal proceedings
of Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan Act 2006
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, or any cause of action pending or existing immediately before the appointed date by or against—
(a)
the Akademi Seni Kebangsaan;
(b)
the Government of Malaysia in respect of the Akademi
Seni Kebangsaan; or
(c)
any person acting on behalf of the Akademi Seni
Kebangsaan, may be continued or instituted by or against the Akademi as it might have been by or against the same respectively as if this Act had not been enacted.
(2)
Any appeal brought or any leave to appeal applied for on or after the appointed date against a decision given in any legal proceedings before that date to which the Akademi Seni Kebangsaan, the Government of Malaysia in respect of the Akademi Seni
Kebangsaan or any person acting on behalf of the Akademi Seni
Kebangsaan was a party, may be brought by or against the Akademi established by this Act.