# The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, Article 42: Dissolution of existing Board and vesting of assets and liabilities in the Corporation


(1) In this section “the Board” means the Federal Power Board established by section 19 of the Electricity Act 1956 of the Federation.
(2) On the dissolution of the Federation, the Board shall be dissolved and all assets, rights, liabilities and obligations of the Board shall vest in the Corporation by virtue of this section, and accordingly—
(a) all agreements and instruments giving rise or otherwise relating to such assets, rights, liabilities or obligations which were subsisting immediately before the dissolution shall on and after the dissolution have effect and be enforceable as if references therein to the Board were references to the Corporation and, where the Board was a party thereto, as if the Corporation had been a party thereto instead of the Board; and
(b) in any legal proceedings connected with such assets, rights, liabilities or obligations which were pending immediately before the dissolution by or against the Board, the Corporation shall be substituted for the Board as a party.
(3) Where any person who was in the service of the Board immediately before the dissolution becomes by virtue of this section a person in the service of the Corporation, his service under the Board shall be treated as service under the Corporation for the purposes of determining rights to or eligibilty for pension, gratuity or leave in respect of his service.
(4) Where title to any immovable property or any right or obligation relating to such property is vested in the Corporation by virtue of this section, and such title, right or obligation or any deed relating thereto has been registered before the dissolution under any law, the officer having charge of the register concerned shall, on application by the Corporation or any person having an interest in such property, make the necessary alterations in the register and, if presented therefor, endorsements on the deeds relating to the title, right or obligation concerned; and no stamp or other duties shall be payable in respect thereof.
(5) The provisions of subsection (2) shall have effect subject to any agreement entered into or instrument executed by virtue of section 44.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1963/2085/article/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/federation-of-rhodesia-and-nyasaland-dissolution-order-in-council-1963/article-42
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