Section 29: Transfer of assets, liabilities and staff of the Bureau

(1) The organisation known officially as the National Population Bureau (in this Act referred to as "the Bureau") is hereby dissolved.
(2) By virtue of this Act and without further assurance, there shall be vested in the Commission all assets, funds, resources and other movable and immovable property which immediately before the commencement of this Act were vested in or were in the possession or under the control of the Bureau.
(3) The rights, interests, obligations and liabilities of the Bureau existing before the commencement of this Act under any contract or instrument, or in law or in equity apart from any contract or instrument, shall by virtue of this Act be assigned to and vested in the Commission established by this Act.
(4) Any such contract or instrument as is mentioned in subsection (2) of this section shall be of the same force and effect against or in favour of the Commission established by this Act and shall be enforceable as fully and effectively as if instead of the Bureau the Commission established by this Act has been named therein or had been a party thereto.
(5) The Commission shall be subject to all the obligations and liabilities to which the Bureau was subject immediately before the commencement of this Act and all other persons shall have the same rights, powers and remedies against the Commission as they had against the Bureau immediately before the commencement of this Act.
(6) Any proceedings or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the commencement of this Act by or against the Bureau in respect of any right, interest, obligation or liability of the Bureau may be continued or, as the case may be, commenced and any determination of a court of law, tribunal or other authority or person may be enforced by or against the Commission to the same extent that such proceedings, cause of action or determination might have been continued, commenced or enforced by or against the Bureau as if this Act had not been made.
(7) Notwithstanding the dissolution of the Bureau by subsection (1) of this section, if the Commission thinks it is expedient that any vacancy in the Commission should be filled by a person holding office immediately before the commencement of this Act in the Bureau, it may employ such person by way of transfer to the Commission and the previous service in the Bureau by such person shall count as service for the purposes of any pension subsequently payable by the Commission.