Section 42

All applications, approvals or decisions, on appeal or otherwise, pending before the Council under the principal Act shall, on the date of coming into operation of this Act, be dealt with by the Council in accordance with the provisions applying under this Act.

All instruments, certificates or documents lodged with the

Council under the principal Act before the date of coming into operation of this Act shall, on the date of coming into operation of this Act, be deemed to have been lodged with the Council.

Any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, pending on the date of coming into operation of this Act before the Preliminary

Investigation Committee or the Council established under the principal Act shall, after the date of coming into operation of this

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

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Medical (Amendment)

Any disciplinary offence committed or alleged to have been committed by a medical practitioner before the date of coming into operation of this Act shall, after the date of coming into operation of this Act, be dealt with in accordance with the principal Act as if the principal Act had not been amended by this Act.

Any person who, on or before the date of coming into operation of this Act—