Section 52

Every person who, immediately before the coming into operation of this

Enactment, was registered under the Malaysian Timber Industry Board (Incorporation) Act 1973 [Act 105] shall be deemed to be registered under this Enactment until the expiry date of his registration and subject to the conditions and restrictions attached thereof.

Every certificate by virtue of which a person is deemed, under subsection

, to be registered under this Enactment shall be deemed to have been issued under this

Enactment; and the Director may vary the conditions and restrictions attached to the certificate for the purpose of bringing them into conformity with this Enactment.

Section 10 relating to the cancellation of registration shall apply to all persons deemed, under subsection (1), to be registered under this Enactment.

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If a person deemed, under subsection (1), to be registered under this

Enactment desires to be registered under this Enactment, after the expiration for which he is deemed to be registered under this Enactment, he may apply to the Director for registration under section 6, and his application shall be made and treated as a fresh application and not as an application for renewal of registration.

Any register kept and maintained immediately before the coming into operation of this Enactment shall, on the coming into force of this Enactment, be deemed to be register kept and maintained under section 11 and shall be deemed to form part of that register.