Article 12 Legal proceedings

All proceedings that, immediately before the commencement of this Order, are pending before any court established by or under the existing Orders or by or under any law continuing in operation under the existing Orders may be continued and concluded after the commencement of this Order before the corresponding court established by this Order or by or under an existing law.

Subject to the provisions of section 13(3) of this Order, any decision given before the commencement of this Order by any such court as aforesaid shall, for the purpose of its enforcement or for the purpose of any appeal therefrom, have effect after the commencement of this Order as if it were a decision of the corresponding court established by this Order or by or under an existing law.

In this section “existing law” means such a law as is referred to in section 4(5) of this Order.