52:16A-20.Ā  Pending actions or proceedings by or against officers whose powers and duties are transferred
This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, broughtĀ  by or against any officer, the functions, powers and duties of whom have beenĀ  herein assigned or transferred to the Department of State or to any officer orĀ  agency continued or constituted hereunder, and pending on the effective date ofĀ  this act, and such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted or defended in theĀ  same manner and to the same effect by the department, officer or agency toĀ  which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder, as if the foregoingĀ  provisions had not taken effect;Ā  nor shall any of the foregoing provisionsĀ  affect any order or recommendation made by, or other matters or proceedingsĀ  before, any officer, the functions, powers and duties of whom have been hereinĀ  assigned or transferred to the Department of State or to any officer or agency continued or constituted hereunder, and all such matters or proceedings pendingĀ  before such officer on the effective date of this act shall be continued by theĀ  department, officer or agency to which such assignment or transfer has beenĀ  made hereunder, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect.

L.1948, c. 445, p. 1761, s. 20.
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