Cap. 249 Art. 12Effect of repeal in future Acts and of amendmentsinany Act.

(1) Where any Act passed after the commencement of this

Act repeals any other law, then, unless the contrary intention appears, the repeal shall not -

(a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect;

(b) affect the previous operation of any enactment so repealed or anything duly done or suffered under any law so repealed;

(c) affect any right, privilege or liability acquired or accrued or incurred under any law so repealed;

(d) affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any law so repealed, or any liability thereto;

(e) affect any investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment as aforesaid, and any such investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy may be instituted, continued, or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed, as if the repealing Act had not been passed.

(2) Where an Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, amends any other Act passed either before or after the commencement of this Act, or any provision of any such other Act, the Act or provision so amended, as well as anything done thereunder or by virtue thereof, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, continue to have full effect, and shall so continue to have effect as amended, and subject to the changes made, by the amending Act.

(3) For the purposes of sub-article (2) "amendment" means and includes any amendment, modification, change, alteration, addition or deletion, in whatsoever form or manner it is made and howsoever expressed, and includes also a provision whereby an Act or a provision thereof is substituted or replaced, or repealed and substituted, or repealed and a different provision made in place thereof.