On 18/05/2013,
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—(1) The person who, immediately before the appointed day, is appointed as the Controller of Work Permits or a Deputy Controller of Work Permits or an Assistant Controller of Work Permits under section 3 of the principal Act in force immediately before that day shall be deemed to be the Controller of Work Passes or a Deputy Controller of Work Passes or an Assistant Controller of Work Passes, respectively, appointed under that section as amended by this Act, except that such appointment shall expire on the day the appointment would have expired as if this Act had not been enacted.
(2) Any work permit issued under section 7 of the principal Act in force immediately before the appointed day shall, if such work permit remains in force immediately before that day, be deemed to be a work pass issued under that section as amended by this Act and the work pass shall expire on the day the work permit would have expired as if this Act had not been enacted.
(3) Where an application has been made to the Controller under section 7 of the principal Act and the application has not been dealt with immediately before the appointed day, the application may be dealt with as if it were an application for a work pass under that section as amended by this Act.
(4) This Act shall not affect —
(a)
any decision of the Controller or the Minister made under section 7 of the principal Act in force immediately before the appointed day; and
(b)
any right of appeal accrued before the appointed day in respect of any such decision.
(5) In any written law or document, any reference to the Employment of Foreign Workers Act shall be read as a reference to the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.
(6) In this section, “appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act.