ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1919 - SECT 3
ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1919 - SECT 3
3—Repeal and transitional provisions
(1) This Act is a
consolidation of the Acts and parts of Acts mentioned in Schedule 1, and the
said Acts and parts are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in such
Schedule.
(a)
affect the operation prior to the passing of this Act of any of the repealed
Acts or parts of Acts:
(b)
alter the past or future effect of the doing, suffering, or omission of
anything prior to the passing of this Act:
(c)
affect any probate, administration, proclamation, notice, rule, regulation,
order, matter or thing granted, made, given, published, or done under or in
pursuance of any of the repealed Acts or parts of Acts:
(d)
affect any estate, right, title, interest, privilege, power, status, duty,
obligation, liability, or penalty acquired, accrued, exercisable, incurred, or
imposed by or under or liable to be imposed under any of the repealed Acts or
parts of Acts:
(e)
affect any investigation, inquiry, legal or other proceeding in respect of any
of the matters or things in this section before mentioned.
(3) All matters and
things mentioned in subsection (2) are, to the extent that they were
respectively in force or in existence immediately before the passing of this
Act, hereby preserved and continued and declared to be of the same force and
effect as if this Act had been in force when respectively they were done,
suffered, omitted, created, granted, acquired, incurred, held, imposed, or
made, or had accrued, or become exercisable, or liable to be imposed, and they
respectively had been done, suffered, omitted, created, granted, acquired,
incurred, held, imposed or made, or had accrued, or had become exercisable or
liable to be imposed under this Act.
(4) All matters and
proceedings commenced under any Act or part of an Act hereby repealed, and
pending or in progress on the passing of this Act, may be continued,
completed, and enforced under this Act.
(5) All offences
committed, and all liabilities, forfeitures, and penalties incurred or
imposed, or liable to be imposed, before the passing of this Act, may be
tried, punished, inquired into, and enforced under this Act.