Section 40
Continuance of criminal and civil proceedings
of Malaysian Timber Industry Board (Incorporation) Act 1973
Neither the repeal under section 36 nor anything contained in this Act shall affect any person’s liability to be prosecuted or punished for offences committed under the repealed Act before the appointed day, or any proceedings brought before that day in respect of such offences.
(2)
Any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the appointed day by or against the former Board or any person acting on behalf of the former Board may be continued or instituted by or against the
Board as it might have been by or against the former Board or such person if this Act had not been passed.
(3)
Any appeal brought or any leave to appeal applied for on or after the appointed day against a decision given before that day in any legal proceedings to which the former Board was a party may be brought by or against the Board.