Section 76

The Water Supply Ordinance 1961 [Sabah No. 16 of 1961] is repealed.

The repeal of the said Ordinance shall not affect the rights, obligations, powers, functions and duties of any Water Authority established prior to the date of the repeal thereof, nor affect in any way, any regulation, order, declaration or notification issued prior to the date of such repeal and such regulation, order, declaration and notification should continue in full force and effect until replaced or substituted or amended by a new regulation, order, declaration or notification made under this Enactment.

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Any Water Authority constituted under the repealed Ordinance shall, on the date of the repeal thereof, be known and referred to as State Water Authority and its name shall be amended accordingly.

Any water bill which have been paid in accordance to the water rates prior to the coming into force of this Enactment shall be deemed to have been paid under the provisions of this Enactment.

Any civil proceedings or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the commencement of this Enactment by or against the Water Authority constituted under the repealed Ordinance or any person acting on its behalf may be continued and instituted by or against the State Water Authority as it might have been by or against the

Water Authority constituted under the repealed Ordinance or such person as if this

Enactment had not been passed.

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