Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970
21.Repeal and savings.-
(1) The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings) Ordinance, 1970 (3 of 1970), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal and notwithstanding any judgment,
decree or order of any court or tribunal,-----
(a) any action taken, or purported to have
been taken, or anything done, or purported to have been done, between the 19th
day of July, 1969, and the 10th day of February, 1970, by any corresponding new
bank purported to have been constituted under the Banking Companies
(Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Ordinance, 1969 (8 of 1969), or the
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1969 (22 of
1969), or by any person purporting to act on behalf of such bank and any right,
obligation or liability acquired or incurred, between the said dates, by or on
behalf of such corresponding new bank shall be deemed to have been taken, done,
acquired or incurred under the provisions of this Act by or on behalf of the
corresponding new bank constituted thereunder.
(b) Any action taken, or purported to have
been taken, or anything done, or purported to have been done, between the 10the
day of February, 1970, and the appointed day, by an existing bank or by any
person acting on behalf of such bank, and any right, obligation or liability
acquired or incurred, between the said dates, by or on behalf of such existing
bank shall be deemed to have been taken, done, acquired or incurred under the
provisions of this Act by or on behalf of the corresponding new bank
constituted thereunder :
(c) Anything done or any action taken,
including any order made, notification issued or directions given under the
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer and Undertakings) Ordinance, 1970,
shall be deemed to have been done, taken, made, issued or given, as the case
may be, under the corresponding provisions of this Act.
(3) Any suit, appeal or other proceedings of
whatever nature instituted on or after the 19th day of July, 1969, by or
against a corresponding new bank purported to have been constituted by the
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Ordinance, 1969 (8
of 1969), or the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings)
Act, 1969 (22 of 1969), shall not abate, be discontinued, or be, in any way,
prejudicially affected by reason of the expiry of the said Ordinance or the
invalidation of the said Act, as the case may be, but such suit, appeal or
other proceedings may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by or against the
corresponding new bank as if such suit, appeal or other proceeding had been
instituted by or against the corresponding new bank constituted under this Act.