LEMBAGA KEMAJUAN WILAYAH JENGKA (DISSOLUTION) ACT 1997

LAWS OF MALAYSIA ONLINE VERSION OF UPDATED TEXT OF REPRINT Act 567 LEMBAGA KEMAJUAN WILAYAH JENGKA (DISSOLUTION) ACT 1997 As at 1 December 2011 2 LEMBAGA KEMAJUAN WILAYAH JENGKA (DISSOLUTION) ACT 1997 Date of Royal Assent ... ... ... … … 18 June 1997 Date of publication in the Gazette … … 30 June 1997 PREVIOUS R EPRINTS First Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 2002 Second Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 2006 3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA ACT 567 LEMBAGA KEMAJUAN WILAYAH JENGKA (DISSOLUTION) ACT 1997 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Repeal and dissolution 4. Transfer of powers, rights, etc. 5. Transfer of property 6. Transfer of funds 7. Existing contracts, etc. 8. Continuance of criminal and civil proceedings 9. Continuance of laws, etc. 10. Prevention of difficulties or anomalies 4 5 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 567 LEMBAGA KEMAJUAN WILAYAH JENGKA (DISSOLUTION) ACT 1997 An Act to repeal the Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka Act 1983, to dissolve the Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka established under the Act, to transfer all its properties to the Government and to provide for other matters connected therewith. [2 October 2000, P.U. (B) 335A/2000] BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka (Dissolution) Act 1997. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Appointed date” means the date appointed by the Minister under section 1; “Federal Lands Commissioner” means the Federal Lands Commissioner appointed under the Federal Lands Commissioner Act 6 Laws Of Malaysia ACT 567 1957 [Act 349]; “Lembaga” means the Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka established under the Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka Act 1983 [Act 285]; “Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for rural development. Repeal and dissolution 3. The Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka Act 1983 is repealed and the Lembaga established thereunder is dissolved. Transfer of powers, rights, etc. 4. All powers, rights, privileges, duties, liabilities and obligations which immediately before the appointed date were those of the Lembaga shall, as from that date, devolve on the Government. Transfer of property 5. (1) All lands which immediately before the appointed date were vested in the Lembaga shall, on the appointed date, vest in the Federal Lands Commissioner for the purposes of the Government. (2) All properties and assets other than land which immediately before the appointed date were vested in the Lembaga or in any person on its behalf shall, on that date, vest in the Government. Transfer of funds 6. All moneys standing in, or due to be paid to, the Lembaga shall, on the appointed date, be transferred to, and vest in the Government. Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka (Dissolution) 7 Existing contracts, etc. 7. All deeds, bonds, agreements, instruments and working arrangements subsisting immediately before the appointed date and affecting any of the property transferred under section 5 shall be of full force and effect against or in favour of the Government and enforceable as fully and effectually as if, instead of the Lembaga or any person acting on its behalf, the Government had been named therein or had been a party thereto. Continuance of criminal and civil proceedings 8. (1) The repeal of the Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka Act 1983 shall not affect any person’s liability to be prosecuted or punished for offences committed under the repealed Act before the appointed date, or any proceedings brought or sentence imposed before that date in respect of such offence. (2) Any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the appointed date by or against the Lembaga or any person acting on its behalf may be continued or instituted by or against the Government as it might have been continued or instituted by or against the Lembaga or such person as if this Act had not been passed. (3) Any appeal brought, or any leave to appeal applied for, on or after the appointed date, against a decision given before the appointed date in any legal proceedings to which the Lembaga was a party may be brought by or against the Government as it might have been brought by or against the Lembaga as if this Act had not been passed. Continuance of laws, etc. 9. Subject to this Act, all written laws, including subsidiary legislation, affecting or for the protection of the Lembaga and in force immediately before the appointed date shall, until amended or 8 Laws Of Malaysia ACT 567 revoked by the appropriate authority having power so to do, continue in force and be construed as if this Act had not been passed: Provided that any reference in such written laws to the Lembaga, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be construed as a reference to the Government and expressions importing such a reference shall be construed accordingly. Prevention of difficulties or anomalies 10. (1) If any difficulty or anomaly arises in connection with the implementation of this Act, the Minister may by order make such modifications to any provision of this Act as may appear to him to be necessary for removing or preventing such difficulty or anomaly: Provided that the Minister shall not exercise the powers conferred by this section after the expiration of three years from the appointed date. (2) In this section, “modifications” includes amendments, additions, deletions, substitutions, adaptations, variations, alteration and non-application of any provision of this Act. 9 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 567 LEMBAGA KEMAJUAN WILAYAH JENGKA (DISSOLUTION) ACT 1997 LIST OF AMENDMENTS Amending law Short title from ─NIL─ _______________ In force 10 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 567 LEMBAGA KEMAJUAN WILAYAH JENGKA (DISSOLUTION) ACT 1997 LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED Section Amending authority ─NIL─ _______________ In force from