Singapore legislation
Section 44
Section 44
Saving and transitional provisions
(1)
The change of the name of the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board to the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board under the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (Amendment) Act 2002 (Act 18 of 2002) shall not —
operate to create a new legal entity;
prejudice or affect the identity of the body corporate constituted by the Board or its continuity as a body corporate;
affect the exercise of any right, or the enforcement of any obligation by or against the Board, or any other person; or
render defective any legal proceedings by or against the Board,and any legal proceedings that might have been continued or commenced by or against it by its former name may be continued or commenced by or against it by its new name “Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board”.
(2)
Any reference in any document to the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board and to the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board Act shall be read as a reference to the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board and the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act, respectively.
(3)
Any contract, arrangement or other transaction purporting to be entered into by the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board, or by any person on behalf of the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board, on or after 1st April 2002 but prior to the enactment of this Act shall bind the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board and the Board shall be entitled to the benefit thereof as if it had been a party to the contract, arrangement or transaction, as the case may be.