51.Repeal
The Media Act (Cap. 411B) is hereby repealed.
Plain English Summary
The old law known as the Media Act is now officially canceled and replaced by this new law.
52.Transitional provisions
(1) In this section—
“Council” means the Media Council Established under section 3 of the Former Act; and
“former Act” means the Media Act, repealed under this Act;
“Media Council” means the Media Council established under section 5.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act—
(a) any orders or notices made or issued by the Council or the Complaint Commission shall be deemed to have been made or issued under this Act;
(b) any function, transaction, investigation, prosecution carried out by or on behalf of the Council, civil proceedings or any other legal or other process in respect of any matter carried out under the Media Act, or any other law, before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been carried out under this Act.
(3) All members of the Council, in office immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be members of the Council.
(4) All members of the Complaints Commission, who before the commencement of this Act were appointed by the Council for purposes of mediation and adjudication of disputes, shall be deemed to be members of the Complaints Committee.
(5) A person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was serving on contract as a member of staff of the Council, at the commencement of this Act, be deemed to be an employee of the Media Council for the unexpired period, if any, of the term of employment.
(6) All property, assets, rights, liabilities, obligations, agreements and other arrangements existing at the commencement of this Act and vested in, acquired, incurred or entered into by or on behalf of the Council, shall upon the commencement of this Act, be deemed to have vested in or to have been acquired, incurred or entered into by or on behalf of the Council to the same extent as they were enforceable by or against the Media Council before the commencement of the Act.
(7) Where the transfer of any property transferred to or vested in the Council is required by any written law to be registered, the Media Council shall, within three months from the commencement of this Act or within such other period as the written law may prescribe, apply to the appropriate registering authority for the registration of the transfer and thereupon the registering authority shall, at no cost to the Media Council or any person by way of registration fees, stamp or other duties—
(a) make such entries in the appropriate register as shall give effect to the transfer;
(b) where appropriate, issue to the Media Council a certificate of title or other statutory evidence of ownership of the property or make such amendments on such certificates or in the appropriate register as may be necessary; and
(c) make any necessary endorsements on such deeds or other documents as may be presented to such registering authority relating to the title, right or obligation concerned.
(8) All proceedings relating to disputes pending before the complaints commission established under section 23 of the Former Act shall continue to be heard by the complaints committee established under section 27 of this Act and the procedure set out in the Act or the rules made thereunder shall apply.
(9) Where, at the commencement of this Act, any penalty, other than dismissal, has been imposed on an employee of the Council or any person to whom this Act Applies, pursuant to disciplinary proceedings against him, and the penalty has not been or remains to be served by such employee, such employee shall, serve, or continue to serve such penalty to its full term as if it had been imposed by the Media Council.