Section 51

all powers, rights, privileges, obligations or liabilities acquired, accrued, or incurred by the Sabah Land Development Board established under the provisions of the Land Development Ordinance, 1956 [F.M.S. 20 of 1956.],

(hereinafter referred to as ―the former Board‖) shall devolve on the Board;

all property of whatever nature possessed by or vested in the former Board shall be possessed by or vested in the Board as the case may be;

all deeds, bonds, agreements, instruments and working arrangements made by the former Board, subsisting immediately before the commencement of this

Enactment shall be in full force and effect against or in favour of the Board and enforceable as fully and effectually as if, instead of the former Board, the Board had been named therein as been a party thereto;

all appointments made for the former Board shall continue to be in force and have effect as if the same had been made under this Enactment;

all proceedings, whether civil or criminal, or causes of action pending or existing immediately before the commencement of this Enactment by or against the former Board may be continued or instituted by or against the Board; and

all persons who, immediately before the commencement of this Enactment, were employed as officers or servants of the former Board shall continue to be employed by the Board as officers or servants, as the case may be, upon the

 F.M.S. 20 of 1956 has been superseded by Land Development Act 1956 (Act 474).

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same terms and conditions of service.