Section 50
Repeal and saving
of Rubber Industry Board Enactment 1981
(1)
The Rubber Fund Ordinance (Cap. 131) and the Rubber Dealers Ordinance
(Cap. 130) are hereby repealed.
(2)
Notwithstanding the repeal of the Ordinances specified in subsection (1) –
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(a)
the corporate body constituted under the repealed Ordinances shall continue to exist as if the same had been constituted under this
Enactment;
(b)
any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred under the repealed Enactment shall continue to be valid as if the same had been acquired, accrued or incurred under this Enactment;
(c)
any property of whatever nature possessed by or vested in the corporate body constituted under the repealed Ordinances shall continue to be possessed by or vested in the Board;
(d)
any deed, bond, agreement, instrument and working arrangement subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Enactment shall continue to be in force and effect against or in favour of the Board;
(e)
any appointment made under the repealed Ordinances or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder shall continue to be in force and effect as if the same had been made under this Enactment;
(f)
any subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Ordinances shall insofar as such subsidiary legislation is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Enactment continue to be in force and have effect as if the same had been made under this Enactment and may be repealed, extended, varied or amended accordingly;
(g)
any person's liability to be prosecuted or punished for offences committed under the repealed Ordinances or any proceedings brought in respect of such offence before the commencement of this Enactment shall not be affected;
(h)
any proceedings, whether civil or, criminal, or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the commencement of this Enactment by or against the corporate body constituted under the repealed Ordinances may be continued or instituted by or against the Board;
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(i)
any person who, immediately before the commencement of this
Enactment, was employed as an officer or servant of the body corporate constituted under the repealed Ordinances shall continue to be employed by the Board as an officer or servant, as the case may be, upon the same terms and conditions of service; and
(j)
any person who, before the appointed day, held a valid licence to purchase rubber or keep any place for the treatment or storage of rubber under the repealed Ordinances shall be deemed to be licensed under this
Enactment, until the expiry date of the licence.