Section 20. Temporary continuance and ultimate repeal of Act IX of 1903

(3) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this or any other section of this Act, the Central Government may, as occasion may arise, by order, do anything which appears to it to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty. GFPD—31—1256—M of Law—8-9-49—5000. (2) (a) All moneys and other property, and all rights and interests, of whatever kind, owned by, vested in, used, enjoyed or possessed by, or held in trust by or for, the Indian Tea Market Expansion Board constituted under Act IX of 1903, as well as all liabilities legally subsisting against it, shall pass to the Board with effect from the commencement of this Act; (b) All officers and servants of the Indian Tea Market Expansion Board constituted under Act IX of 1903 who hold office immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed officers and servants of the Board with effect from the commencement of this Act, and shall be entitled to the same pay and allowances and to the same conditions of service in respect of other matters as they were entitled to immediately before the commencement of this Act; and any contract of service entered into by any such officer or servant with the Indian Tea Market Expansion Board aforesaid shall have effect as if it were a contract entered into by him with the Board immediately after the commencement of this Act; (c) Any proceedings taken by the Indian Tea Market Expansion Board aforesaid before the commencement of this Act may be continued by the Board. 20. Temporary continuance and ultimate repeal of Act IX of 1903.—(1) The Indian Tea Cess Act, 1903 (IX of 1903) (including sections 2 to 7 thereof which expire on the 31st day of March, 1949), shall continue to remain in force until, and shall stand repealed on, the date appointed for the commencement of this Act.