Penang Port Commission Act 1955 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part VIII
102. Transfer to Commission of undertakings of Board and Administration
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appointed day
“appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into force of this Act;
all the undertaking of the Penang Harbour Board (in this
Part referred to as “the Board”); and
the Prai Wharf undertaking of the Malayan Railway
Administration (in this Part referred to as “the
Administration”).
The transfer shall extend to the whole of those undertakings including all lands, works and other property movable or immovable, assets, powers, rights and privileges held or enjoyed in connection therewith or appertaining thereto, other than such movable property as the Administration and the Commission may agree to exclude, or in default of agreement, as the Minister may determine ought to be excluded, from the transfer effected by this section.
Commission
“Commission” means the Penang Port Commission established and incorporated under this Act;
The Commission, on the transfer of the said undertakings—
may exercise and enforce all the rights, powers and privileges which where immediately before the appointed day vested in the Board or the Administration in respect of each of the undertakings; and
shall, to the exclusion of the Board and the Administration, be subject to all liabilities and obligations to which the
Board and the Administration were respectively subject immediately before the appointed day in respect of each of the undertakings.
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