Section 70

The members of the dissolved Board and the members of any committee appointed under the principal Act and holding office before the coming into operation of this Act shall cease to hold office on the date of coming into operation of this Act.

Any licence, registration, approval or decision issued, made or given by the dissolved Board before the coming into operation of this Act shall, on the date of coming into operation of this

Act, continue in full force and have effect as if the principal Act had not been amended by this Act.

Any application for a licence pending before the dissolved

Board before the coming into operation of this Act shall, on the date of  coming into operation of this Act, be continued in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act as if the principal Act had not been amended by this Act.

Any investigation, trial or proceedings commenced under the principal Act which is pending before the date of coming into operation of this Act shall, on the date of coming into operation of this Act, be continued in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act as if the principal Act had not been amended by this Act.

Any appeal pending before the coming into operation of this Act shall, on the date of coming into operation of this Act, be continued in accordance with the provisions of the principal

Act as if the principal Act had not been amended by this Act.

Any cause of action pending or existing immediately before the coming into operation of this Act shall, on the date of coming into operation of this Act, be commenced in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act as if the principal Act had not been amended by this Act.

All references to “Atomic Energy Licensing Board”

in any written law shall, on the coming into operation of this Act, be construed as references to “Director General of the Department of Atomic Energy”.

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