Section 619. General transitional provisions

(1) Any person appointed under the corresponding previous written law and holding office at the commencement of this Act, shall remain in office as if he had been appointed under this Act.

(2) Any act made, executed, issued or passed under the corresponding previous written law and in force and operative at the commencement of this Act, shall so far as it could have been made, executed, issued or passed, under this Act have effect as if made, executed, issued or passed under this Act.

(3) The memorandum of association and articles of association of an existing company in force and operative at the commencement of this Act, and the provisions of Table A under the Fourth Schedule of the Companies Act 1965 if adopted as all or part of the articles of association of a company at the commencement of this Act, shall have effect as if made or adopted under this Act, unless otherwise resolved by the company.

(4) All proceedings, judicial or otherwise commenced before and pending immediately before the commencement of this Act under the Companies Act 1965 shall be deemed to have commenced and may be continued under that Act.

(5) A company or foreign company registered under any corresponding previous written law shall be deemed to have been registered under this Act and this Act shall extend and apply to the company accordingly and any reference to this Act, express or implied, to the date of registration of the company shall be construed as a reference to the date upon which the company was registered under the corresponding previous written law.

(6) A company which is in the course of winding up immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to be wound up under the relevant provisions in the Companies Act 1965.

(7) Section 308 of the Companies Act 1965 shall continue to apply to a company which is in the course of being struck off the register by the Registrar immediately before the commencement of this Act.

(8) The Minister may direct the Commission to issue guidelines, circulars or practice notes to provide for any matters in force before the commencement of this Act to be dealt with in such manner to bring them in conformity with this Act.