35. Savings

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law–

(a)

all movable and immovable property of the

Commissioner-General of Rehabilitation on the day immediately preceding the appointed date shall on and after the appointed date be deemed to be the movable and immovable property of the Bureau;

(b)

the Commissioner-General of Rehabilitation holding office immediately preceding the appointed date shall be deemed to have been appointed as such under this Act and continue to hold office until the end of his tenure or until a new

Commissioner-General is appointed under this Act;

(c)

all officers and employees of the Commissioner-General of Rehabilitation holding office on the day immediately preceding the appointed date be deemed to be the officers and employees of the

Bureau and such officers and employees shall continue to hold office in the Bureau on the same terms and conditions enjoyed by them under the

Commissioner-General of

Rehabilitation immediately preceeding the appointed date;

(d)

all contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements, guarantees, powers of attorney, grants of legal representation and other instruments of whatever nature of the

Commissioner-General of Rehabilitation subsisting and having effect on the day immediately preceding the appointed date and to which Commissioner

General of Rehabilitation is a party or which are in favour of the Commissioner-General of

Rehabilitation on and after the appointed date be deemed to be contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements, guarantees, powers of attorney, grants of legal representation and other instruments entered into by or granted in favour of the Bureau;

(e)

unless specifically revoked or substituted in the manner provided for in any other law, all approvals or licences granted to the Commissioner-General of

Rehabilitation by any regulatory body or authority,

Provincial Council or local authority subsisting or having effect on the day immediately preceding the appointed date shall on and after the appointed date be deemed to be approvals or licences granted to the Bureau;

(f)

all Judgments, decrees or orders entered in favour of or against the Commissioner-General of

Rehabilitation by any court in any action or proceeding shall on and after the appointed date be deemed to be judgments, decrees or orders entered in favour of or against the Bureau; and

(g)

all Protective Accommodation and Rehabilitation

Centres approved and maintained under the

Commissioner-General of Rehabilitation shall on and after the appointed date be deemed to be Centres for Rehabilitation established under the provisions of this Act.

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