This Act may be cited as the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board (Dissolution) Act 1991.
Act 470
Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board (Dissolution) Act 1991
Akta lembaga loteri perkhidmatan masyarakat dan kebajikan (pembubaran) 1991
An Act to repeal the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board Act 1950-1962, to dissolve the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board established under the Act, to transfer all its properties to the Government and to provide for other matters connected therewith.
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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“appointed date” means the date appointed by the Minister under section 1;
“Board” means the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board established under the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board Act 1950-1962 [Act 252];
“Federal Lands Commissioner” means the Federal Lands Commissioner appointed under the Federal Lands Commissioner Act 1957 [Act 349];
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for social welfare.
The Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board Act 1950- 1962 is repealed and the Board established thereunder is dissolved.
All powers, rights, privileges, duties, liabilities and obligations which immediately before the appointed date were those of the Board shall, as from that date, devolve on the Government.
(1) All lands which immediately before the appointed date were vested in the Board shall, on the appointed date, vest in the Federal Lands Commissioner for the purposes of the Government.
(2) All property and assets other than land which immediately before the appointed date were vested in the Board or in any person on its behalf shall, on that date, vest in the Government.
All moneys standing in, or due to be paid to, the Board shall, on the appointed date, be transferred to, and be vested with, the Government.
All deeds, bonds, agreements, instruments and working arrangements subsisting immediately before the appointed date and affecting any of the property transferred under section 5 shall be of full force and effect against or in favour of the Government and enforceable as fully and effectually as if, instead of the Board or any person acting on its behalf, the Government had been named therein or had been a party thereto.
(1) The repeal of the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board Act 1950-1962 shall not affect any person’s liability to be prosecuted or punished for offences committed under the repealed Act before the appointed date, or any proceedings brought or sentence imposed before that date in respect of such offence.
(2) Any proceedings (whether civil or criminal), or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the appointed date by or against the Board or any person acting on its behalf may be continued or instituted by or against the Government as it might have been by or against the Board or such person as if this Act had not been passed.
(3) Any appeal brought, or any leave to appeal applied for, on or after the appointed date, against a decision given before the appointed date in any legal proceedings to which the Board was a party thereto may be brought by or against the Government as it might have been by or against the Board as if this Act had not been passed.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, all written laws, orders, rules and regulations affecting or for the protection of the Board and in force immediately before the appointed date shall, until
amended or revoked by the appropriate authority having power so to do, continue in force and be construed as if this Act had not been passed:
Provided that any references therein to the Board, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be construed as references to the Government and expressions importing such a reference shall be construed accordingly.
(1) If any difficulty or anomaly arises in connection with the implementation of the provisions of this Act, the Minister may by order make such modifications therein as may appear to him necessary for removing or preventing such difficulty or anomaly:
Provided that the Minister shall not exercise the powers conferred by this section after the expiration of three years from the appointed date.
(2) In this section “modifications” includes amendments, additions, deletions, substitutions, adaptations, variations, alterations and nonapplication of any provision of this Act.
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