(1) The Indian Tea Control Act, 1938 (8 of 1938), and the Central Tea Board Act, 1949 (13 of 1949), are hereby repealed.
     (2) All moneys and other property and all rights and interests, or whatever kind, owned by, vested in, used, enjoyed or possessed by, or held in trust by or for, the Indian Tea Licensing Committee constituted under the Indian Tea Control Act, 1938 (8 of 1938), and the Central Tea Board constituted under the Central Tea Board Act, 1949 (13 of 1949), as well as all liabilities legally subsisting against that Committee or that Board shall pass to the Board with effect from the commencement of this Act.
    (3) All officers and other employees of the Indian Tea Licensing Committee and the Central Tea Board who hold office as such immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed as officers or other employees of the Board with effect from the commencement of this Act and, notwithstanding anything contained in any contract of service entered into by any such officer or other employee with the Indian Tea Licensing Committee or the Central Tea Board, shall be entitled to such pay and allowances and to such conditions of service in respect of other matters as may be determined by the Board with the approval of the Central Government.
     (4) Any proceedings taken by the Indian Tea Licensing Committee or the Central Tea Board before the commencement of this Act may be continued by the Board after such commencement.
     (5) Until action in that behalf is otherwise taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, all licences, permits and permissions issued or granted, all export quotas allotted and all fees fixed under the provisions of the Indian Tea Control Act, 1938 (8 of 1938), shall unless inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been issued, granted, allotted or fixed under the corresponding provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.
     (6) Any offence punishable under the Indian Tea Control Act, 1938 (8 of 1938), or the Central Tea Board Act, 1949 (13 of 1949), shall be punishable and may be dealt with as if it were an offence punishable under the corresponding provisions of this Act.
     (7) Any other thing or action done or taken before the commencement of this Act by the Indian Tea Licensing Committee or the Central Tea Board shall so long as it is not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act, be as valid and effectual as if it had been done or taken by the Board after the commencement of this Act.
     (8) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the provisions contained in sub-section (2) to (7) inclusive shall be without prejudice to the general application of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897).
     (9) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may as occasion may arise, by order, do anything which appears to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty.