Section 7
Continuance of criminal and civil proceedings
of Malaysian Health Promotion Board (Dissolution) Act 2019
The repeal of the Malaysian Health Promotion Board
Act 2006 shall not affect any person’s liability to be prosecuted or punished for any offences committed under the Act before the date of commencement of this Act, or any criminal proceeding brought or sentence imposed before the date of commencement of this Act in respect of such offence.
(2)
Any civil proceedings or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the date of commencement of this Act by or against the Board or any person acting on the Board behalf may be continued or instituted by or against the Government as the proceedings or the cause of action might have been continued or instituted by or against the Board as if this Act had not been passed.
(3)
Any appeal brought, or any leave to appeal applied for, on or after the date of commencement of this Act, against a decision given before the date of commencement of this Act in any legal proceedings in which the Board was a party may be brought by or against the Government as the legal proceedings might have been brought by or against the Board as if this Act had not been passed.