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Ord. No. 36/75

Other transitional provisions.

Amendment of Trustee Ordinance and

Prevention of

Bribery Ordinance.

(Cap. 29.)

(Cap. 201)

MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION

30. (1) Without limiting the generality of section 29, every agreement, whether in writing or not, to which the Provisional Authority was a party immediately before the commencement date of this Ordinance and whether or not of such a nature that the rights and liabilities thereunder could be assigned shall have effect as from such date as if—

(a) the Corporation haệ, been party to such agreement; and (b) for any reference, however worded and whether express or implied, to the Provisional Authority there were substituted in respect of anything to be done or omitted on or after the com mencement date of this Ordinance a reference to the Corporation. (2) Subsection (1)(b) shall also apply to any document, not being an agreement, having therein references to the Provisional Authority.

(3) The appointment of any employee of the Provisional Authority subsisting immediately before the commencement date of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be made by the Corporation under this Ordinance and for the purpose of determining the right to pension, gratuity or other benefits of such employee on the cessation of his service, there shall be no break in the continuity thereof by reason only of the repeal effected by section 28.

(4) Where anything has been commenced by or under the authority of the Provisional Authority before the commencement date of this Ordin- ance such thing may be carried on and completed by, or under the authority of the Corporation.

31. (1) Part II of the Second Schedule to the Trustee Ordinance is amended by inserting after paragraph 20 the following-

"21. Any securities issued by the Mass Transit Railway Corpora- tion which are either charged on the property undertaking and revenue of the Corporation, or any part thereof, or guaranteed by the Govern- ment.".

(2) The Schedule to the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance is amended by inserting after item 36 the following new item--

"37. Mass Transit Railway Corporation.".

SCHEDULE

[s. 21(2).]

Provisions OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE disapplied

1. No remedy lies against the Corporation under section 127 in respect of a nuisance described in section 12(1)(g).

2. Section 22 does not apply to anything done by or on behalf of the Corporation in the course of constructing the railway.

3. Regulations made under section 29 or 35 as to the suitability, sufficiency or mode of construction of latrines or latrine accommodation, or the licensing thereof, do not apply to the railway area or any premises therein.

4. Sections 30 and 36 do not apply to the railway area or any premises therein.

5. Regulations made under section 88 do not apply to the railway area or any premises therein.

6. Part IX and any regulations made under section 104 do not apply to any sign or advertisement erected by or on behalf of the Corpora- tion in the railway area.