Pending proceedings to abate, etc.

(1) Section 8 of the Tamil Nadu General Clauses Act, 1891 (Tamil Nadu Act I of 1891) shall not apply to the repeal of the said Act by this Act. (2) Every complaint, investigation or other proceeding made or taken under the said Act before the date of the commencement of this Act and pending on the said date before the Commissioner of Inquiries or other authority exercising powers under the said Act shall abate. (3) No legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the said Act shall be instituted, continued or enforced under the said Act. (4) No investigation or other proceeding shall be made or taken under the said Act in respect of any criminal misconduct committed under the said Act. (5) Every appointment made by the Commissioner of Inquiries under the said Act shall cease to have effect.