5. The amendments made in the principal enactment by paragraph (1) of section 3 and by section 4 of Act No. 57 of 1961 shall be deemed for all purposes to have had effect from the date of commencement of that enactment and accordingly-
| (a) the Medical Aid Scheme and the Medical Aid Fund heretofore established for the officers and servants of the Tea Research Institute of Ceylon and their wives and children, shall be deemed to have been duly established, and all contributions made to and payments made from that fund and all acts done in the course of the management and conduct of such scheme and such fund prior to the date of commencement of Act No. 57 of 1961 shall be deemed to have been duly made and done under powers conferred by the principal enactment; |
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| (b) the rules heretofore made by the board of the Tea Research Institute of Ceylon for the management and regulation of the Junior Staff Medical Scheme and the Junior Staff Medical Fund of the aforesaid institute shall be deemed to have been duly made under the principal enactment and to have been valid and effectual for the purposes for which they were made at all material times prior to the date of commencement of Act No. 57 of 1961 ; and |
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| (c) from the date of commencement of Act No. 57 of 1961, the aforesaid rules shall be in force as if they were rules duly made under the principal enactment and may be amended, rescinded, added to, or replaced by rules made under that enactment. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts