Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Amendment) Bill

Clause 12

Saving and transitional provisions

(1)

The change of the name of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies to the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute under this Act does not —

(a)

operate to create a new legal entity;

(b)

prejudice or affect the identity of the body corporate constituted by the Institute or its continuity as a body corporate;

(c)

affect the exercise of any right, or the enforcement of any obligation, by or against the Institute or any other person; or

(d)

render defective any legal proceedings by or against the Institute,and any legal proceedings that might have been continued or started by or against it by its former name may be continued or started by or against it by its new name “the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute”.

(2)

Any reference in any document to the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and to the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Act is to be read as a reference to the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and to the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute Act, respectively.

(3)

Any contract, arrangement or other transaction purporting to be entered into by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, or by any person on behalf of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, on or after 17 August 2014 but before the commencement of section 5, binds the Institute as if it had been a party to the contract, arrangement or transaction, as the case may be.

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