s 57 Repeal, transitional and saving
(1) The Road Traffic Ordinance 1958 [Ord. No. 49 of 1958] and the Modification of Laws (Road Traffic Ordinance) (Extension and Modification) Order 1984 [P.U. (A) 136/1984] in so far as they relate to the licensing of commercial vehicles are hereby repealed: Provided that all subsidiary legislations relating to the licensing of commercial vehicles made under the repealed Ordinance shall be deemed to have been made under this Act and shall continue to remain in force until amended, suspended or revoked thereunder: Provided further that any licence, permit or any other document in respect of an authorized vehicle or any reduction of fees or any exemption issued or granted under the repealed Ordinance and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, in so far as its issue or grant is not inconsistent with this Act, be deemed to have been issued or granted under this Act and shall continue in force until it expires, or is varied, amended, suspended or revoked thereunder. (2) Where an application for the grant of a licence in respect of a commercial vehicle has been made before the commencement of this Act and is pending immediately before such commencement the decision of any authority as is referred to in subsection (3), proceedings in respect of the said application shall be continued under the repealed Ordinance subject to such modifications to the application being made so as to bring it into accord with the provisions of this Act, and subject to such directions as the said authority may give with regard to the continuation of proceedings on such an application. (3) Any authority established under the repealed Ordinance, having power to grant licences in respect of commercial vehicles and existing immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, shall continue to remain in existence and shall exercise all such functions as are conferred on a Road Transport Licensing Board constituted under the repealed Ordinance until there is established a Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board under section 3 to replace such authority. (4) Where any appeal in respect of a decision made under the repealed Ordinance is pending before any right to appeal in respect of such decision has accrued, the proceedings in respect of the appeal or in respect of any appeal under the accrued right to appeal, shall be continued or had, as the case may be, under this Act as if in respect of a decision under this Act, subject to all such directions as the authority or the court, as the case may be, may deem fit or expedient to give in the matter. *NOTE—The amendment in subsection 36(2) of the Road Transport (Amendment) Act 1994 [Act A878] shall be deemed to have been an integral part of section 57 of the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board Act 1987 as from 1 January 1988 and any act done or proceedings instituted in respect of the licensing of commercial vehicles during the period between the said date and the commencement of this Act and its continuation thereafter, if any, is hereby declared lawful and valid, and shall be deemed to be and to have always and at all times been lawful and valid.