12. All rights, liabilities and obligations of the President or any public Rights, liabilities
and obligations
officer on behalf of the Government of Zambia before the
commencement of this Act shall, on and after the commencement of this
Act, be rights, liabilities and obligations of the President or such public
officer, as the case may be, on behalf of the Government of Zambia.
13. (1) All proceedings that, immediately before the commencement of Legal proceedings
this Act, are pending before any court established by or under the law in
force before the commencement of this Act may be continued and
concluded before those courts established by or under the Constitution.
(2) Any proceedings that immediately before the commencement of this
Act are pending before any Commissioner of the High Court appointed
by or under the law in force before the commencement of this Act shall
be continued and concluded before such Commissioner,
notwithstanding the abolition of the office of Commissioner of the High
Court.
Transitional
14. (1) All rights and obligations under conventions, treaties or
agreements which were exercisable by or binding upon the Government provisions
of Zambia immediately before the commencement of this Act shall
continue to be so exercisable and binding.
(2) All functions which immediately before the commencement of this
Act were vested in the President or in any other authority shall, as far as
the same continue in existence and are capable of being exercised after
the commencement of this Act, be vested in the President or the
authority exercising similar functions under the Constitution, as the case
may be, except such functions as are by this Act or any other law vested
in some other authority.
15. (1) The following provisions of this section shall have effect for the
purpose of enabling any officer to whom this section applies or his
personal representatives to appeal against a decision to which this
section applies, that is to say a decision within the following clauses:
(a)
a decision of the Service Commission to give such concurrence
as is required by Article 124 of the Constitution in relation to the
refusal, withholding, reduction in amount or suspension of any
benefits in respect of such an officer's service as a public officer;
Appeals in respect
of certain decisions
affecting pensions
and like benefits