Republic of Tanganyika (Consequential Provisions)
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8. Save as may be provided in this or in any other written law and Adaptation of unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) any reference in existing law or in any public document to Her Majesty the Queen (whether or not that expression is used) or to the Crown, in respect of Tanganyika, shall be read and construed in respect of any time, or any period commencing, on or after the ninth day of December, 1962, as if it were a reference to the Republic;
(b) any reference in existing law or in any public document to the Governor-General of Tanganyika (including references to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the former Trust Territory of Tanganyika, to the Governor in Executive Council, the Governor in Council and the Governor in Council of Ministers, which by reason of any law which had effect immediately prior to the ninth day of December, 1962, are to be read and construed as references to the Governor-General) shall be read and con- strued in respect of any time, or any period commencing, on or after the ninth day of December, 1962, as if it were a reference to the President:
(c) any reference in existing law or in any public document to the Prime Minister shall be read and construed in respect of any time, or any period commencing, on or after the ninth day of December, 1962, as if it were a reference to the President;
(d) any reference in existing law or in any public document to the Cabinet (including references to any other Council which by reason of any law which had effect immediately before the ninth day of December, 1962, are to be read and construed as references to the Cabinet) shall be read and construed in respect of any time, or any period commencing, on or after the ninth day of December, 1962, as if it were a reference to the Cabinet established by the Republican Constitution.
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9. Where any matter or thing has been commenced, or any step has Pending been taken, before the ninth day of December, 1962, by any person or authority having power in that behalf under existing law, such thing or matter may be carried on and completed and such further steps taken by the person or authority having power in that behalf on or after the ninth day of December, and, unless the President in any case otherwise directs, it shall not be necessary for the latter person or authority to reconsider or commence such matter or thing, or take any such step, de novo.
10. (1) Any proceeding pending immediately before the commence- Legal ment of the Republican Constitution before the High Court established
proceedings in the High by the existing Constitution may be continued and concluded, and Court decrees, judgments and orders therein given and perfected, after such commencement before and by the High Court established by the Republican Constitution.
(2) Every decree, judgment or order given or perfected by the High Court established by the existing Constitution, or by Her Majesty's High Court of Tanganyika established by the Tanganyika Orders in A.L. (5) Council, 1920 to 1961, which shall not have been fully executed or