Section 35: Savings and transfer of liabilities, staff, etc.

(1) The statutory functions, rights, interests, obligations and liabilities of the Directorates,
existing before the commencement of this Act, under any contract or instrument, or in law or in equity shall, by virtue of this Act, be deemed to have been assigned to and vested in the Agency established by this Act.
(2) Any such contract or instrument as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section,
shall be of the same force and effect against or in favour of the Agency established by this
Act and shall be enforceable as fully and effectively as if instead of the Directorates existing before the commencement of this Act, the Agency established by this Act has been
named therein or had been a party thereto.
(3) The Agency established by this Act shall be subject to all the obligations and liabilities
to which the Directorates existing before the commencement of this Act were subject immediately before the commencement of this Act and all other persons shall have the same rights, powers and remedies against the Agency established by this Act, as
they had against the Directorates existing before the commencement of this Act.
(4) Any proceeding pending or cause of action existing immediately before the commencement of this Act, by or against the Directorates existing before the commencement of this Act in respect of any right, interest, obligation or liability of the Directorates, may be continued or as the case may be, commenced in any court of law, tribunal or before any other authority or person and any determination of a court of law, tribunal or other authority or person may be enforced by or against the Agency established by this Act, to the same extent that such proceeding or cause of action or determination might have been continued, commenced or enforced by or against the Directorates existing before the commencement of this Act.
(5) All assets, funds, resources and other movable or immovable property which immediately before the commencement of this Act, were vested in the Directorates existing
before the commencement of this Act shall by virtue of this Act and without further assurance, be vested in the Agency established by this Act.
(6) Any person who immediately before the coming into force of this Act is the
holder of any office in the Directorates existing before the commencement of this Act,
shall, on the commencement of this Act, continue in office and be deemed to have been appointed to his office by the Agency established by this Act, unless the authority by which the person was appointed terminates the appointment.