Section 8
Continuance of criminal and civil proceedings
of Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka (Dissolution) Act 1997
The repeal of the Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka Act 1983 shall not affect any person’s liability to be prosecuted or punished for offences committed under the repealed Act before the appointed date, or any proceedings brought or sentence imposed before that date in respect of such offence.
(2)
Any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the appointed date by or against the Lembaga or any person acting on its behalf may be continued or instituted by or against the Government as it might have been continued or instituted by or against the Lembaga or such person as if this Act had not been passed.
(3)
Any appeal brought, or any leave to appeal applied for, on or after the appointed date, against a decision given before the appointed date in any legal proceedings to which the Lembaga was a party may be brought by or against the Government as it might have been brought by or against the Lembaga as if this Act had not been passed.