Clause 37

All deeds, bonds, agreements, instruments and working arrangements subsisting immediately before the appointed day affecting the portion of the property, rights and liabilities transferred to the Authority under section 30(1) or affecting any employee transferred to the service of the Authority under section 31 shall continue in full force and effect on and after that day and shall be enforceable by or against the Authority as if instead of the Government, the National Maritime Board or the Port of Singapore Authority, as the case may be, or any person acting on its behalf, the Authority had been named therein or had been a party thereto.

Any proceedings or cause of action relating to the portion of the property, rights and liabilities transferred to the Authority under section 30(1) or to any employee transferred to the service of the Authority under section 31 pending or existing immediately before the appointed day by or against the Government, the National Maritime Board or the Port of Singapore Authority, as the case may be, or any person acting on its behalf, may be continued and shall be enforced by or against the Authority.