Repeal and saving

(1) The Prisons Act, 1894 (9 of 1894), Prisoners Act (03 of 1900) and the Transfer of Prisoners Act (29 of 1950) as applicable to the State are hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, all the rules, regulations, orders, directions, notifications relating to prisons made under the said Acts which are in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, except where and so far as they are not inconsistent with or not repugnant to the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force until altered, amended or repealed by rules made under this Act.